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Their duties were in general of a secondary character: they rarely, if ever, offered sacrifice; they were often in charge of the temple-music; the function of soothsaying or of the interpretation of oracular sayings was sometimes assigned them.
The general character of old Greek music is indicated in the Delphian hymn to Apollo discovered in 1893; the melody is simple but impressive there is no harmony. +1089+. The temple-music doubtless tended to heighten devotional feeling among the worshipers, and possibly a similar popular effect was produced by the festivals that were common in the ancient world.
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