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aulos

ancient Greek wind musical instrument
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Summary

aulos is a type of musical instrument[1]. aulos draws 3,748 Wikipedia views per month (type of musical instrument category, ranking #91 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: single oboe with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes[3]
  • Commons category: Auloi[4]
  • Country of origin: Ancient Greece[5]
  • Described by source: Riemann's Music Dictionary[6], Pauly–Wissowa[7], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8]
  • Used by: aulete[9]
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 422.111.2[10]
  • Different from: tibia[11]

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Influence

Things named for aulos include tibia[12].

Why It Matters

aulos has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] aulos is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Entities named for aulos include tibia[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → single oboe with cylindrical bore, with fingerholes
    Subclass of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → ['3255820', '1430079']
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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