aulos

listen to the pronunciation of aulos
Türkçe - Türkçe
Eski bir çalgı
Latince - İngilizce
flute-shaped scallop
kind of bivalve, razorshell clam
İngilizce - İngilizce
Any of a class of ancient Greek musical instruments resembling pipes or flutes
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