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c. 5000 BCEThe first aulos musical instruments are carved from bone.
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2700 BCE - 2300 BCEThe first depiction in art of the aulos musical instrument appears in Cycladic sculpture.
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2000 BCEThe first examples of the lyre in the Bronze Age Aegean occur in the Cyclades and on Minoan Crete.
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1500 BCE - 1450 BCEThe 'Harvester Vase' of Minoan origin depicts a sistrum player.
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1420 BCE - 1300 BCEClay dancing figures including a rare female lyre player are made in Minoan Palaikastro.
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c. 1400 BCELyres across the Aegean assume S-shaped arms and become more decoratively carved, most often with sculpted birds.
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1250 BCE - 1200 BCEA Linear B tablet from Greek Thebes mentions lyre players as members of the royal palace staff.
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700 BCEThe study of music theory begins in ancient Greece.
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c. 700 BCESparta, Argos and Paros hold the first documented musical competitions in Greece.
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c. 550 BCEThe silver drachma of Delos depicts a lyre - symbolic of Apollo - on its reverse side.
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548 BCE - 544 BCEBirth of Greek lyric poet Lasus of Hermione.
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c. 400 BCETheban musicians invent a more sophisticated aulos with metal keys.
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c. 350 BCEAristoxenos writes his theory of music treatise 'Harmonic Elements'.
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328 BCEHerodoros of Megara wins the first of ten consecutive trumpet competitions at the Olympic Games.
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c. 100 BCECoins of Kos and Thespiai depict a lyre on their reverse side.