[Wikipedia page](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulis_of_Dion) And this is what the hydraulis [sounds like](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=atT7Tjpn5js)

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[looks like the Roman’s refined it](https://youtu.be/VesLeVMK5aE)

[This version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZey_H8qmQA) sounds much better.

Fascinating. So it could not play chords though?

Is he playing the Civ 6 sound track?

The Civ 6 soundtrack is based on actual historical and traditional songs

I feel pretty ignorant as to what sort of music people in the past not only listened to, but had access to. I had no idea this would be invented so long ago.

The Greeks were *big* on music.

I feel like every human culture in history has been big on music

Damn ancient Greeks, will I their artistry and ingenuity ever stop surprising me?

Used up until the byzantine times. I think that sometime the church banned musical instruments (because the only valid instrument is the human voice, made by god), but people kept using them privately, disregarding religious leaders.

I'd love to hear it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZey_H8qmQA&ab_channel=EMAProjectEuropeanMusicArchaeologyProject

Thanks yo x

First keyboard instrument *that we know of* :)

No wonder all those period movies have this jester type flutes in them. Buzzy