"The Old Songs project, begun in 2002, seeks to bring ancient Greek lyric poetry of the 7th through 5th centuries BC to life via music. The few fragments of this poetry that remain have been studied extensively and translated many times, but words on the page can't do justice to verse that was composed to be sung. We don't know what the old music sounded like. The musical accompaniment may have been very simple--a few droning notes or chords--or may have involved complex melodies and harmonies"--Introduction.