{"id":39345,"date":"2013-10-23T10:23:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T16:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/23\/sing-then-o-muse-2.html"},"modified":"2013-10-24T22:42:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T04:42:39","slug":"sing-then-o-muse-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/23\/sing-then-o-muse-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Sing then, O Muse!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">What did ancient Greek music really sound like? \u00a0The answer is not as unknowable as you might think. \u00a0Cool.<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/7XqbyQHQG9KZklUeoxAqipe0tBEEY18EA5EAHBlMU3qQnWiW9tFnU9jQR88AFMSgkSG6W13VNT2CiWSdlD16bU4eV2Gc_qbzHYNDSXMxgu9PQZzJzPSJHX-5GjM=w120-h120' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-24611454?ocid=socialflow_twitter_bbcworld'>How did ancient Greek music really sound?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/C2oRuVXr9S5' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What did ancient Greek music really sound like? \u00a0The answer is not as unknowable as you might think. \u00a0Cool. 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