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What (who) is kithara - definition
Kithara
![Apollo kitharoidos]] ([[Apollo]] holding a cithara and wearing the customary [[kitharōdos]]’ robes) and [[musagetes]] (leading the [[Muses]]). Marble, Roman artwork, 2nd century CE.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Apollo Musagetes Pio-Clementino Inv310.jpg?width=200 "Apollo kitharoidos]] ([[Apollo]] holding a cithara and wearing the customary [[kitharōdos]]’ robes) and [[musagetes]] (leading the [[Muses]]). Marble, Roman artwork, 2nd century CE.")
![Lyra or barbitos from the [[Tomb of the Diver]] (5th century BCE).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diver Paestum 32.JPG?width=200 "Lyra or barbitos from the [[Tomb of the Diver]] (5th century BCE).")
![Lycian League]]).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LYCIAN LEAGUE, Cragus, Hemidrachm, reverse.jpg?width=200 "Lycian League]]).")
![A Roman representation of a woman playing the ''cithara'' ([[Villa Boscoreale]], ca. 40-30 BCE).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P. Fannius Synistor anagoria links.JPG?width=200 "A Roman representation of a woman playing the ''cithara'' ([[Villa Boscoreale]], ca. 40-30 BCE).")
![man playing a cithara]] with eight strings. Note the plectrum in his lowered right hand.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Britannica Cithara Phorminx.jpg?width=200 "man playing a cithara]] with eight strings. Note the plectrum in his lowered right hand.")
 - Roma AdP 379982.jpg?width=200 "Apollo Kitharoidos. Painted plaster, Roman artwork from the Augustan period.")
![[[Alcaeus of Mytilene]] playing a cithara while Sappho listens in ''[[Sappho and Alcaeus]]'' by [[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] (1881; [[The Walters Art Museum]]).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, RA, OM - Sappho and Alcaeus - Walters 37159.jpg?width=200 "[[Alcaeus of Mytilene]] playing a cithara while Sappho listens in ''[[Sappho and Alcaeus]]'' by [[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]] (1881; [[The Walters Art Museum]]).")
ANCIENT GREEK MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IN THE LYRE OR LYRA FAMILY
Citharas; Cithare; Chitara; Kitara (musical instrument); Cithara; Kithara (musical instrument); Kaithros; Kithare; Kitharas; Citara (musical instrument); Cithara (musical instrument); Kitharis
·noun ·see Cithara.
Cithara
ANCIENT GREEK MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IN THE LYRE OR LYRA FAMILY
Citharas; Cithare; Chitara; Kitara (musical instrument); Cithara; Kithara (musical instrument); Kaithros; Kithare; Kitharas; Citara (musical instrument); Cithara (musical instrument); Kitharis
The cithara (or Latinized kithara) (, ) was an ancient Greek musical instrument in the yoke lutes family. In modern Greek the word kithara has come to mean "guitar", a word which etymologically stems from kithara.
Cithara
ANCIENT GREEK MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IN THE LYRE OR LYRA FAMILY
Citharas; Cithare; Chitara; Kitara (musical instrument); Cithara; Kithara (musical instrument); Kaithros; Kithare; Kitharas; Citara (musical instrument); Cithara (musical instrument); Kitharis
·noun An ancient instrument resembling the harp.
