Author details/dating: Athenaios, 2nd-3rd century CE

Instrument Cited: Salpinx

Citation Reference: Athenaios 3.99

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: Geagan 1967: pp. 125-127, 177; Nordquist 1996: p.244