lyre

"You, O king, have made a decree that every man who hears the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe and all kinds of music, is to fall down and worship the golden image.

Epic poetry and Tragedy, as also Comedy, Dithyrambic poetry, and most flute-playing and lyre-playing, are all, viewed as a whole, modes of imitation.

You, O king, have made a decree that every man who hears the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music shall fall down and worship the golden image;

learn to play the lyre

lyre music in ancient Greece

Cold currents thrid, and turn to rhythmic tidal lyres.

Camma plays her lyre and sings to them.

Verses like these were chanted at feasts by Greek minstrels as they played their lyres.

Whenever he played the lyre, any animal or bird nearby would stop and listen, spellbound.

The girl, dressed in embroidered draperies, holding the lyre stares at Orpheus's head in a melancholic way.

The whistle of the locomotive, more powerful than Amphion's lyre, was about to bid them rise from American soil.

With his gold lyre and his sweet voice he led the choir of the Muses.

When Orpheus reached the gates of the underworld, he began to strum his lyre.

The artist showed a scene in which dead Orpheus's head lies on a lyre that represents his infinite musical talent.

Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.