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What (who) is lyre - definition
![Thebes]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Britannica Cithara Ancient Egyptian Cithara.jpg?width=200 "Thebes]]")
![Roman]] fresco from [[Pompeii]], 1st century AD, depicting a man in a theatre mask and a woman wearing a garland while playing a lyre](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD, National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy.jpg?width=200 "Roman]] fresco from [[Pompeii]], 1st century AD, depicting a man in a theatre mask and a woman wearing a garland while playing a lyre")
![Mycenaean]] sarcophagus of Hagia Triada, 14th century BC, depicting the earliest lyre with seven strings, held by a man with long robe, third from the left.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Museu arqueologic de Creta43.jpg?width=200 "Mycenaean]] sarcophagus of Hagia Triada, 14th century BC, depicting the earliest lyre with seven strings, held by a man with long robe, third from the left.")
![St. Cecilia's Hall]], Edinburgh](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ntongoli (Bowl Lyre), Aloni Kagya, 1968 (cropped).png?width=200 "St. Cecilia's Hall]], Edinburgh")
![5th century BCE. ''Lyra'' or ''barbitos'' from the [[Tomb of the Diver]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diver Paestum 32.JPG?width=200 "5th century BCE. ''Lyra'' or ''barbitos'' from the [[Tomb of the Diver]].")
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![Nubian]], 1858.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl Haag A Nubian harper.jpg?width=200 "Nubian]], 1858.")
![Lyre Player c. 1640–1660, [[Deccan sultanates]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/African Lyre Player c. 1640-1660, Deccan, at the Cleveland Museum of Art.jpg?width=200 "Lyre Player c. 1640–1660, [[Deccan sultanates]]")
Wikipedia
The lyre () is a stringed musical instrument that is classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as a member of the lute-family of instruments. In organology, a lyre is considered a yoke lute, since it is a lute in which the strings are attached to a yoke that lies in the same plane as the sound table, and consists of two arms and a crossbar.
The lyre has its origins in ancient history. Lyres were used in several ancient cultures surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. The earliest known examples of the lyre have been recovered at archeological sites that date to c. 2700 BCE in Mesopotamia. The oldest lyres from the Fertile Crescent are known as the eastern lyres and are distinguished from other ancient lyres by their flat base. They have been found at archaeological sites in Egypt, Syria, Anatolia, and the Levant.
The round lyre or the Western lyre also originated in Syria and Anatolia, but was not as widely used and eventually died out in the east c. 1750 BCE. The round lyre, called so for its rounded base, reappeared centuries later in ancient Greece c. 1700-1400 B.C.E., and then later spread throughout the Roman Empire. This lyre served as the origin of the European lyre known as the Germanic lyre or rotte that was widely used in north-western Europe from pre-Christian to medieval times.
