. The life of the Greeks and Romans. s con-siderably improved. Nero took a par-ticular interest in it, and during his reignhydraulic organs of a new construction were built {organa hydraulica nod et ignoti generis). Fig. 245shows an organ taken from a Roman mosaic floor at Nennig. Aman is playing on the horn to the sound of the organ. c. We now come to the clanging instruments used chieflyat religious ceremonies connected with the worship of Dionysos andKybele—castanets, the cymbal, and thetambourine. They were also used as arhythmical accompaniment of social dances,played by the spectators, o
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. s con-siderably improved. Nero took a par-ticular interest in it, and during his reignhydraulic organs of a new construction were built {organa hydraulica nod et ignoti generis). Fig. 245shows an organ taken from a Roman mosaic floor at Nennig. Aman is playing on the horn to the sound of the organ. c. We now come to the clanging instruments used chieflyat religious ceremonies connected with the worship of Dionysos andKybele—castanets, the cymbal, and thetambourine. They were also used as arhythmical accompaniment of social dances,played by the spectators, or the dancersthemselves, as is still the custom amongstpeasants in the south of Europe. The castanets (KporaXoi)said to be invented by the Sicilians, consisted, like our modernones, of small pieces of reed, wood, or metal, or of shells, tiedtogether with a ribbon. They were struck against each other bythe fingers at rhythmical intervals. The three pairs of castanetsseen in Fig. 246 appear in the hands of dancing-women in wall- p 2. Fio-. 245.
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