Traditional Cypriot music playlist, one 11 century Byzantine and 3 ancient Greek songs

**Greek Cypriot Traditional/Folk music** :

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aekNycg7zu4&list=PL\_7gTGHrm9btKR6znBTal9iYGLou2Xx1M&index=1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aekNycg7zu4&list=PL_7gTGHrm9btKR6znBTal9iYGLou2Xx1M&index=1)

**Byzantine playlist:**
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9\_8aSrsTlCE&list=PL\_7gTGHrm9btd9WFdNQHeuzDTpQfxKwPD&index=1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_8aSrsTlCE&list=PL_7gTGHrm9btd9WFdNQHeuzDTpQfxKwPD&index=1)

The first song on the playlist “The Nightingale Kratima” was made by Xenos from Koroni who was cantor of St. Sophia, Konstantinopolis, **in the 11th century**. The rest of the songs in the playlist are made in medieval style and some other are actual surviving pieces from Medieval times i guess. If you have more info about medieval surviving pieces then comment about it.

**Ancient Greek Music:**

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_zkO2AdqHsI&list=PL\_7gTGHrm9bs-LyuOhcRgrawPdogbmd8Q&index=1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zkO2AdqHsI&list=PL_7gTGHrm9bs-LyuOhcRgrawPdogbmd8Q&index=1)

The Delphic Hymns are two musical compositions from Ancient Greece, which survive in substantial fragments. They were long regarded as being dated circa 138 BC and 128 BC, respectively, but recent scholarship has shown it likely they were both written for performance at the Athenian Pythaides in 128 BC.

The Epitaph of Seikilos is an ancient Greek song or hymn that dates back to the 1st century AD. It is considered to be the oldest complete musical composition in existence, with both the melody and lyrics preserved. The song is inscribed on a tombstone that was discovered in the ancient city of Tralles, in present-day Aegean Western Turkey. The inscription on the tombstone includes the following verse as an epitaph: