Abstract

Two main aspects of the interaction among Greek, Lydian and Persian musical cultures are analyzed: firstly, the story of the Smyrnean poet Magnes is taken into account, as an example of political and ideological use of the musical language within the broader cultural and political development of a musical koiné common to all the Persian Empire; secondly, it is paid attention to the orchestic (an oklasma, as it seems likely) and musical performance of the Lydian Maidens at the Artemisia held in Ephesus.