This piece of music was found inscribed in marble. It is not a complete piece of music, only a fragment. I could not find as many versions of this. This is the one I listened to multiple times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MMI06AnhtM&feature=watch_response_rev
This man is playing a lyre that is as similar to an ancient Greek lyre that we can probably recreate. Under the video he wrote that he tried to tune it with ancient Greek cyclical tuning but was not successful. I really enjoyed the sound of his lyre and I liked the tuning of the strings. It definitely had a unique sound, different from our modern instruments and modern tuning which helped give the music an "otherworldly" quality.
Even though I listened to this piece of music several times, it did not have a memorable tune, yet it was enjoyable and pleasant to listen to. I could not tell what mode it was in, but I would guess that it would be Greek Dorian or hypo Dorian because it was a hymn to Apollo. Apollo was associated with reason and intellect as opposed to emotionalism and revelry. Unlike the Seikilos epitaph, I cannot picture creatures dancing and drinking wine to this music. It was most likely always performed in a serious manner.
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