#aed

• Aed — An ancient Greek poet-singer (archaic period) who composed and recited epics and heroic songs, usually accompanying himself on the phorminx or cithara. Unlike rhapsodes of later eras, who merely declaimed fixed texts written by others, the aoidos was a direct creator who improvised verses during public performance, relying on a vast repertoire of traditional formulas.
• Aedicule — A small structures with a decorative or votive role, consisting of a pediment supported by two columns or pilasters, designed to house a statue, an altar niche, or a funerary urn. In Roman and Renaissance monumental architecture, the term also designates the decorative framings of windows or niches on building facades that mimic a small temple layout.
• Aëdon — A tragic figure in Greek mythology, daughter of Pandareus and wife of Zethus (king of Thebes), consumed by deep jealousy towards Niobe due to her rival's numerous children. In an attempt to kill Niobe's eldest son, Aëdon accidentally murders her own son, Itylus, prompting the merciful gods to metamorphose her into an eternally mourning nightingale.