Bettina Joy de Guzman
@ancientlyric.bsky.social
www.bettinajoydeguzman.com PhD Classics candidate, Uni of Reading. Multi-instrumentalist. Composer. President of CCA South. Classics MA. Educator. Poet. BA English, Music, Psychology. Patreon.com/BettinaJoyDeGuzman
Marton Varò (yes!!) has sculpted me into “Lady with Lute” !!! 😃🤩The 30 limited editions are only available on my Patreon. Please support my PhD research on the Ancient Greek lute and lyre (link in bio).
November 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Marton Varò (yes!!) has sculpted me into “Lady with Lute” !!! 😃🤩The 30 limited editions are only available on my Patreon. Please support my PhD research on the Ancient Greek lute and lyre (link in bio).
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Hymn to Calliope and Apollo: Mesomedes of Crete. Bettina Joy de Guzman (Ancient Greek lute, lyre, drum, voice). 2nd c AD. 😁🤗💕on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, etc!
Hymn to Calliope and Apollo: Mesomedes of Crete. Bettina Joy de Guzman (Ancient Greek lute, lyre, drum, voice). 2nd c AD. 😁🤗💕on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, etc!
October 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Hymn to Calliope and Apollo: Mesomedes of Crete. Bettina Joy de Guzman (Ancient Greek lute, lyre, drum, voice). 2nd c AD. 😁🤗💕on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, etc!
Hymn to Calliope and Apollo: Mesomedes of Crete. Bettina Joy de Guzman (Ancient Greek lute, lyre, drum, voice). 2nd c AD. 😁🤗💕on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, etc!
September 28, 2025 at 6:20 AM
You Are Odysseus! @greekmythcomix I shared with very enthused students! Enjoy while listening to my 5 Odyssey songs!! Circe Enchanting (Greek & English)! Penelope Lamenting, Sirens Call, Odysseus in Ithaca. (Be my Patron 🤗Patreon.com/BettinaJoyDeGu… & all the Muses will bless you!!)
September 28, 2025 at 6:18 AM
You Are Odysseus! @greekmythcomix I shared with very enthused students! Enjoy while listening to my 5 Odyssey songs!! Circe Enchanting (Greek & English)! Penelope Lamenting, Sirens Call, Odysseus in Ithaca. (Be my Patron 🤗Patreon.com/BettinaJoyDeGu… & all the Muses will bless you!!)
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Oxford University, Nov 24 Monday, 5- 6:30 pm, Kendrew Barn.
Ancient Greek Choir Workshop:
Come & sing the melodious hymns & lyrics written by Mesomedes, Athenaios, & Seikilos! Led by Bettina Joy de Guzman 🤗
Oxford University, Nov 24 Monday, 5- 6:30 pm, Kendrew Barn.
Ancient Greek Choir Workshop:
Come & sing the melodious hymns & lyrics written by Mesomedes, Athenaios, & Seikilos! Led by Bettina Joy de Guzman 🤗
September 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ancient-gr...
Oxford University, Nov 24 Monday, 5- 6:30 pm, Kendrew Barn.
Ancient Greek Choir Workshop:
Come & sing the melodious hymns & lyrics written by Mesomedes, Athenaios, & Seikilos! Led by Bettina Joy de Guzman 🤗
Oxford University, Nov 24 Monday, 5- 6:30 pm, Kendrew Barn.
Ancient Greek Choir Workshop:
Come & sing the melodious hymns & lyrics written by Mesomedes, Athenaios, & Seikilos! Led by Bettina Joy de Guzman 🤗
It’s my birthday tomorrow! One of my students gave me a birthday card with QR code & this is what it was!! 😃🤗
I feel so loved & blessed. If you want to make my day, please join my Patreon and help my studies in sharing ancient music & lectures about the ancient world! Patreon.com/BettinaJoyDeGuzman
I feel so loved & blessed. If you want to make my day, please join my Patreon and help my studies in sharing ancient music & lectures about the ancient world! Patreon.com/BettinaJoyDeGuzman
September 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
It’s my birthday tomorrow! One of my students gave me a birthday card with QR code & this is what it was!! 😃🤗
I feel so loved & blessed. If you want to make my day, please join my Patreon and help my studies in sharing ancient music & lectures about the ancient world! Patreon.com/BettinaJoyDeGuzman
I feel so loved & blessed. If you want to make my day, please join my Patreon and help my studies in sharing ancient music & lectures about the ancient world! Patreon.com/BettinaJoyDeGuzman
On YouTube, Amazon today. Spotify, Apple etc tomorrow! 😃 Mesomedes of Crete, Greek lyric poet & composer for Emperor Hadrian, 2nd century AD. Bettina Joy de Guzman.
July 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
On YouTube, Amazon today. Spotify, Apple etc tomorrow! 😃 Mesomedes of Crete, Greek lyric poet & composer for Emperor Hadrian, 2nd century AD. Bettina Joy de Guzman.
Part 1 of τυχερό αστέρι
July 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Part 1 of τυχερό αστέρι
«Τυχερό αστέρι». (Birds were singing along! 😃) Fell in love with this song, and thought I’d try it on my Greek baglamas. I have and play 60 different instruments- always learning and growing. Same with languages. 😁
July 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
«Τυχερό αστέρι». (Birds were singing along! 😃) Fell in love with this song, and thought I’d try it on my Greek baglamas. I have and play 60 different instruments- always learning and growing. Same with languages. 😁
Getty Villa: Griffin Warrior of Pylos & Origins of Mycenaean Kingship (1700–1070 BCE)! 😃 Excavations unearthed exciting evidence of wealth & political importance in Bronze Age sites from Homer’s epics & interactions with Minoan Crete! Archaeologists Sharon Stocker & Jack Davis (Uni of Cincinnati).
June 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Getty Villa: Griffin Warrior of Pylos & Origins of Mycenaean Kingship (1700–1070 BCE)! 😃 Excavations unearthed exciting evidence of wealth & political importance in Bronze Age sites from Homer’s epics & interactions with Minoan Crete! Archaeologists Sharon Stocker & Jack Davis (Uni of Cincinnati).
Written & performed upon request by Madeline Miller, for her NY Public Library/ WNYC/ Get Lit/ All of It interview regarding The Song of Achilles. I was thrilled! Took 4 yrs to record because… life… loss… so. Dedicated to all my dear ones who have loved, lost, & continue to remember.
June 17, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Written & performed upon request by Madeline Miller, for her NY Public Library/ WNYC/ Get Lit/ All of It interview regarding The Song of Achilles. I was thrilled! Took 4 yrs to record because… life… loss… so. Dedicated to all my dear ones who have loved, lost, & continue to remember.
Spotify,YouTube, etc!! 😃😃Finally!!!
Achilles, Patroclus, and Briseis:
Iliad 19 and 23. (Bettina Joy de Guzman.)
23.13
χαῖρέ μοι ὦ Πάτροκλε καὶ εἰν Ἀΐδαο δόμοισι:
Πάντα γὰρ ἤδη τοι τελέω τὰ πάροιθεν ὑπέστην
“Hail Patroclus, even in the house of Hades…
Achilles, Patroclus, and Briseis:
Iliad 19 and 23. (Bettina Joy de Guzman.)
23.13
χαῖρέ μοι ὦ Πάτροκλε καὶ εἰν Ἀΐδαο δόμοισι:
Πάντα γὰρ ἤδη τοι τελέω τὰ πάροιθεν ὑπέστην
“Hail Patroclus, even in the house of Hades…
June 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Spotify,YouTube, etc!! 😃😃Finally!!!
Achilles, Patroclus, and Briseis:
Iliad 19 and 23. (Bettina Joy de Guzman.)
23.13
χαῖρέ μοι ὦ Πάτροκλε καὶ εἰν Ἀΐδαο δόμοισι:
Πάντα γὰρ ἤδη τοι τελέω τὰ πάροιθεν ὑπέστην
“Hail Patroclus, even in the house of Hades…
Achilles, Patroclus, and Briseis:
Iliad 19 and 23. (Bettina Joy de Guzman.)
23.13
χαῖρέ μοι ὦ Πάτροκλε καὶ εἰν Ἀΐδαο δόμοισι:
Πάντα γὰρ ἤδη τοι τελέω τὰ πάροιθεν ὑπέστην
“Hail Patroclus, even in the house of Hades…
Ethos Arts’ wondrous exhibition of Marton Varo’s sculptures. Pleasure to meet the lovely gallery owner, Georgeanne Ireland, as well. 😊 Newport Beach, SoCal. Music: Harp Meanderings by Bettina Joy de Guzman. 🤗
June 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Ethos Arts’ wondrous exhibition of Marton Varo’s sculptures. Pleasure to meet the lovely gallery owner, Georgeanne Ireland, as well. 😊 Newport Beach, SoCal. Music: Harp Meanderings by Bettina Joy de Guzman. 🤗
Ethos Arts’ wondrous exhibition of Marton Varo’s sculptures. Pleasure to meet the lovely gallery owner, Georgeanne Ireland, as well. 😊 Newport Beach, SoCal.
June 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Ethos Arts’ wondrous exhibition of Marton Varo’s sculptures. Pleasure to meet the lovely gallery owner, Georgeanne Ireland, as well. 😊 Newport Beach, SoCal.