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crotalum
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thumb|5th century B.C., Attica, by the [[Phiale Painter. Red-figure phiale woman dancing with crotala (Boston MFA 97.371)]] thumb|right|Illustration taken from the drawing of an ancient marble in Jacob Spon|Spon's Miscellanea, representing one of the crotalistriae performing.
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Within Vinony's link graph, crotalum is referenced by 211 other articles, and connects out to barbiton, guitar and Sicily.
Vinony files it under Ancient Greek musical instruments, Culture of ancient Rome and European percussion instruments.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
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- classical antiquity
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- Crotala
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- Pauly–Wissowa
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thumb|5th century B.C., Attica, by the [[Phiale Painter. Red-figure phiale woman dancing with crotala (Boston MFA 97.371)]] thumb|right|Illustration taken from the drawing of an ancient marble in Jacob Spon|Spon's Miscellanea, representing one of the crotalistriae performing.
In classical antiquity, a crotalum, (κρόταλον krotalon) plural crotala, was a kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in ancient Greece and elsewhere, including the Korybantes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “crotalum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.