Breaths, strings and heroes of the ancient legend

When the Muses—daughters of Zeus and patrons of the arts—bestow their inspiration on a composer, no matter the era or the place, the recipient will return to the inexhaustible wellspring of ancient Greek myth almost as a matter of course. The use of harp and flute, two instruments as archaic as they are enchanting which seem almost mystically linked to mythology, would appear to be just as automatic.