Sentence examples for ancient lyrics from inspiring English sources

The group (pronounced "ay-wah," which translates to "yes")—Tair, Liron, and Tagel Haim sing in an obscure Arabic dialect of their Jewish Yemeni ancestors, infusing hip-shaking folk rhythms and ancient lyrics with an electronic Middle Eastern gypsy beat, or "Mizrahi" sound.

Ancient lyric poetry is the poetry of the personal: of love and friendship, beauty and pleasure.

A brilliant experiment in mixing documentary fact — interview transcripts, newspaper items — with the ancient lyric conventions of elegy.

Forms of representation and expression as old as rock art and ancient lyric, as well as newer graphic novels and digital music, have helped deepen our understanding of the human condition and foster more durable institutions and societies.

According to Nadel, "Imagism evolved as a reaction against abstraction ... replacing Victorian generalities with the clarity in Japanese haiku and ancient Greek lyrics".

Anacreon, (born c. 582 bce, Teos, Ionia [now Siğacık, Turkey] died c. 485) ancient Greek lyric poet who wrote in the Ionic dialect.

Pindar, the ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes, was reportedly stung on his mouth by a bee when he was still a youth, and this became the explanation for his verses.

C. 582 BCE Siğacık, Turkey c. 485 BCE Anacreon, (born c. 582 bce, Teos, Ionia [now Siğacık, Turkey] died c. 485) ancient Greek lyric poet who wrote in the Ionic dialect.

The late Stephen Daitz, a professor of classics at City College and the CUNY graduate center, devoted much of his career to studying how ancient Greek epic, lyric, and drama sounded in performance.* (And, indeed, in the privacy of one's own home: silent reading was virtually unknown in the ancient world).

They melded pop rhythms and lyrics with ancient Highland Scottish musical traditions, cutting their first album, "The Rankin Family," in 1989.

Vangelis not only composed the music, he also wrote the lyrics in Ancient Greek.