Salpinx

An ancient music critic, Aristides Quintilianus, calls the salpinx “a warlike and terrifying instrument,” “masculine” and “vehement.” ❋ Barry Strauss (2004)

A golden dolphin, which had been suspended from a beam, and on which the eye of every charioteer was fixed, dropped to the ground, a blast on the 'salpinx', or war-trumpet, was sounded, and forty-eight horses flew forth as though thrown forward by one impulsion. ❋ Georg Ebers (1867)

The salpinx ranged from two and a half to about five feet long: the salpinx was hardly handy, but it was certainly loud. ❋ Barry Strauss (2004)

A salpinx from fifth century B.C. Greece has been found: its cylinder consists of thirteen parts made of ivory, while its bell and mouthpiece are made of bronze. ❋ Barry Strauss (2004)

Homer compares the sound of the salpinx to the terrible cry of Achilles. ❋ Barry Strauss (2004)

The ancient trumpet, or salpinx, was a long, straight, narrow tube flaring into a small bell. ❋ Barry Strauss (2004)

He mispronounced quite common words: urticate, salpinx, bordereau. ❋ Wolfe, Gene (1980)

The Greek name for the Fallopian tube is salpinx (salpinx in Greek means tube). ❋ William J. Robinson (N/A)

An imitation of this wooden torch was undoubtedly the torch-case made of clay or metal in the shape of a salpinx. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The long-lost sounds of the epigonion, the salpinx and the kithara could be about to form the strangest musical group yet, thanks to the world's largest physics project. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Next on their list are the salpinx, a trumpet-like instrument of the Ancient Greeks, and the kithara, a type of lyre that was played in the courts of Rome and Athens. ❋ Unknown (2009)