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the original rockstar's instrument, strummed by gods, kings, and one famously fiddling tyrant.
means A small U-shaped stringed instrument from the ancient world, plucked or strummed and held against the body, central to Greek music and poetry.
from From Greek 'lyra,' borrowed into Latin as 'lyra' and arriving in English through Old French 'lire.' The Greek word's deeper roots are obscure — possibly a loan from some pre-Greek Mediterranean tongue, since the instrument itself was old before the Greeks ever named it. The myth tells that Hermes invented the first lyre from a tortoise shell strung with gut, then handed it to Apollo — which is why 'lyric' poetry, sung to its strings, still carries the instrument's name today.
- hermes hack
- Greek myth says Hermes built the first from a tortoise shell
- orpheus power
- His lyre charmed beasts, rivers, and the lord of the dead
- nero slander
- He played lyre, not fiddle, while Rome burned
- living relic
- Ethiopia's krar and begena still keep the form alive
stradivarius violin — antonio stradivari crafted ~1,000 stringed instruments including violins that sold for $45.8 million in 2011
apollo's golden lyre — ancient greek mythological instrument depicted on coins and in homer's iliad, rediscovered representations in museums
kithara of ancient greece — seven-stringed concert lyre used in olympic games and performances from 700 bce onward, depicted on pottery