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"The Garden of Epicurus" - track 2 from my album, "The Ancient Greek Tortoise Shell Lyre":

http://ancientlyre.com/ancient_greek_themed_albums/the_ancient_greek_tortoise_shell_lyre/

This album was inspired as a tribute to the great philosophers of ancient Greece, performed on an inspirationally authentic replica tortoise shell lyre, hand-made in modern Greece by Luthieros Ancient & Modern Music Instruments, with an actual tortoise shell for the resonator and actual goat horns for the arms of this magnificent musical instrument of the ancient Greek gods!

“The Garden of Epicurus” is an original composition for replica tortoise shell lyre, which attempts to evoke the ancient landscape of the Epicurean Gardens; in which Epicurus administered his school of philosophical investigations which revolved around developing strong relationships within close communities, materialism, and an ascetic form of hedonism which promotes satisfying all of our needs utilizing the bare minimum needed to fulfil those needs.

He is famous for his tetrapharmakos which stood as his four ingredients to make a happy and peaceful life: 1) don't fear God, 2) don't worry about death, 3) what is good is easy to obtain, and 4) what is terrible is easy to endure. This track explores the serenity that likely would have resonated within his beautiful gardens of both physical and mental natures...

Epicurus found meaning in everyday interaction. Experience the good things! What truly are those good things? Well that is what we need to ask ourselves. To him, it was through the means of forming a philosophically driven family based community which focused primarily on our human relationships and intellectual development, that we could obtain happiness in this life.

This piece is in the dreamy sounding ancient Greek Hypolydian Mode - perfect for evoking images of the flowers and birdsong once seen and heard in the garden of this famous Philosopher. Epicurus' hedonistic and materialistic philosophy flourished and grew amidst the privately owned groves of this garden. Apart from the city of Athens, a private space, which became a symbol for the detachment and hedonism of the Epicurean school....

THE TRACKS:

1.The Golden Age of Pericles
2. Plato’s Symposium
3. The Garden of Epicurus
4. Rhetoric of the Sophists
5. The Life of Pyrrho
6. The Paradox of Parmenides
7. The Death of Socrates

A free PDF of the detailed album notes can be downloaded here:

http://www.ancientlyre.com/files/The_Ancient_Greek_Tortoise_Shell_Lyre.pdf

Many thanks for watching!

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