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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ancient Greek music, originally, the forefinger-string of the lyre, and the tone produced upon that string; later, the third tone from the bottom of the lowest and of the next to the lowest tetrachords of the recognized system of tones. See
lyre and tetrachord.
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What is called lichanos in the enharmonic is at the interval of a semitone from hypate; but when shifted to the chromatic, it goes two semitones away; and in the diatonic it is at an interval of three semitones from hypate.
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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Please do let us know what you found of Huckabees. lichanos
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Take away the antipathic stench that surrounds the word avant-garde, and you are still left with cutting-edge practices relevant to the current condition. lichanos
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The Cities of the Red Night cycle is a work of epic modern mythology. lichanos
Cult fiction item #9: “Language is to the brain as the tapeworm is to the intestines” « Jahsonic 2008
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A great cover, better than my old BBC Books copy. lichanos
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Note: Let each man create his own canon and be the librarian of his multiverse. lichanos
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I ignore Freud because if, for example, a lamp is a phallic symbol, then what is an artist to use as a lamp symbol? lichanos
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Of course I added him to the sensOtheque! lichanos
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Needless to say, I prefer DC endlessly to SK. lichanos
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Thanks for bringing the Charles Carrington translation and introduction to my attention. lichanos
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