I bade him write, down that o nous estin
aulos. He said that he would do so, and went home, while I stepped over to the pyramids.
As a youth, he is said to have rejected learning to play the
aulos, an oboe-like instrument, because blowing on it distorted his face.
Conforme a regiao, a epoca ou a funcao, alternavam-se o
aulos e a salpinx (trombeta) no apoio a atividades fisicas.
Modern musicological reconstructions of the twanging of the lyre and the bleating of the
aulos attest to this somewhat more limited range.
It is named after the Greek word "
Aulos flute" recognized as one of the strongest weight bearing bone of the body.