Lexicographical Neighbors of Crotala
Literary usage of Crotala
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"Some of the women continue to sing and play the crotala; others cry out as long
... The crotala were either cymbals, or a sort of clapper of wood or metal. ..."
2. Music and Musicians by Albert Lavignac (1903)
"crotala (CLAPPERS). These were metallic castanets, usually, but sometimes of
wood, or even shells, whose clicking together was much appreciated by the ..."
3. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life by John Gardner Wilkinson (1842)
"crotala were properly a sort of castanets, made of hollow wooden shells; ...
as in the passage of Herodotus, the name crotala appears to signify cymbals. ..."
4. A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"Some of the women continue to sing and play the crotala; others cry out as long
... The crotala were either cymbals, or a sort of clapper of wood or metal. ..."
5. The geography of Herodotus by James Talboys Wheeler (1854)
"During the voyage some of the women played upon the crotala,7 and some of the
men upon ... Some of the women shameless then continued to play the crotala; ..."
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