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English: First-century mosaics from the so-called Villa di Cicerone, Pompeii, in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.

The instruments and the musicians (from left):

  • a horn, held by a short person;[1]
  • aulos (double flute), held by a diamitrosetaira;[1]
  • cymbala (cymbals), held by a kolax (‘sycophant’);[1] and
  • tympanum (drum),[2] held by a parasitos (‘sponger’).[1]
The three masked musicians (to the right) are metragyrtai, itinerant musicians for the goddess Cybele.[1]
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  1. ↑ a b c d e (2016) Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World, Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 148 ISBN: 978-1-58839-587-0. "a child or dwarf who wears no mask and whose hair is disheveled; he wears a short tunic and plays some kind of horn"
  2. ↑ Melini, Roberto (2014) "Sounds from under the Ashes" in Music in Antiquity, De Gruyter, p. 355 ISBN: 978-3-11-034029-7. "aulos, cymbala, and a tympanum"

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