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Single- or double-reed pipe usually played in pairs, particularly in ancient Greece. During the Classical period the pipes were of equal length, each with three or four finger holes. The principal wind instrument of most ancient Middle Eastern peoples, it existed in Europe up to the early Middle Ages, often as a single pipe with more finger holes. Its quavering sound, described by Plato, was classically associated with the rites of Dionysus.

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No references found			The myth recalls that Athena had invented the aulos, but the other deities had mocked how her cheeks bulged out when she played, thus she threw the musical instrument away, cursing whoever should pick it up. Goddesses & Minotaurs by Sarah Hornsby / The New York Observer Despite his same-sex second birth, Dionysus was closely associated with women in myth and ritual, believed to have been raised by nymphs and always accompanied by the maenads, a group of frenzied female celebrants often depicted dancing wildly to the accompaniment of the aulos and tambourine. Songs of the Sirens by Peraino, Judith A. / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide He also has performed with the Aspen Festival and Chamber Orchestra, the Naumburg Award-winning Aulos Wind Quintet and, as principal clarinetist, with the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, the Las Vegas Symphony and the Reno Philharmonic. TITAN TRIO WILL PERFORM FREE CONCERT AT CALARTS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			Aukrust, Olav Aukshtaity Aul Aul, Juhan Aul, Juhan Mihkelevich aula aulacogen Aulakogene Aulard, Alphonse Aulard, Francois Victor Alphonse Aulard, François Victor Alphonse Aulavik National Park Auld Ane Auld Hornie Auld Lang Syne auleolum Aulie-Ata Aulie-Ata Cattle Aulis aulodont dentition Aulodonta Aulolepidae aulophobia aulophyte Auloporidae aulos Ault Park Aulus Cornelius Celsus Aulus Gellius Auly AUM Shinrikyo aumbry Aung San Aung San Suu Kyi Aunis auntie Auntie Litter's Annual Earth Day Parade and Celebration AUP AUP/IUP Aur aura Aurae aural Aural Decoration aural masking aural null Aural Prosthetics aural radio range aural signal aural transmitter auralization			aulicism Aulie-Ata Aulie-Ata Cattle AULIMP Aulis Aulis Auliye-Ata Auliza Aulla Auln Aulnage Aulnay-sous-Bois Aulne AULO aulodont dentition Aulodonta Auloi Aulolepidae Aulona Aulona Aulonocephalus lindquisti aulophobia aulophyte Aulopiformes Auloporidae aulos Aulostomidae Aulostomus Aulostomus maculatus Aulostylis AULP AULP-W AULR AULRE AULSS Ault Park Aulus Cornelius Celsus Aulus Gellius Aulus Gellus Aulus Persius Flaccus Aulus Vitellius Auly AULYP Aum Aum Aum Aum Aum Aum cult Aum cult Aum cult Aum Senricyo Aum Senricyo Aum Senricyo Aum Shinri Kyo Aum Shinri Kyo

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