Author details/dating: Andocides 415 BCE

Instrument Cited: Salpinx

Citation Reference: Andocides, 1.45

Citation Content: A salpinktes (trumpeter) was assigned to the pylores, the gate-keepers of the Acropolis in Athens. He is in a source from the Augustean period, cited by , called the “public rooster (koinon alektoron) of Athens”, and his job was to give a signal over the city when the gates to the Acropolis were opened in the morning and closed at night (Geagan 1967: 125-127, 177).

Recent Reference: Krentz 1999: pp.114 & 117