The kithara (Greek: κιθάρα, romanized: kithára), Latinized as cithara, was an ancient Greek musical instrument in the yoke lutes family. It was a seven-stringed professional version of the lyre , which was regarded as a rustic, or folk instrument , appropriate for teaching music to beginners.

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Oct 1, 2002 · The kithara, an instrument of the lyre family, had seven strings of equal length and a solidly built, wooden body, usually with a flat base. Strings of gut or sinew were stretched from a holder at the base of the instrument over a bridge to the crossbar that joined the two sidepieces.

Jun 24, 2012 · The kithara (guitar) was a stringed musical instrument, related to the lyre, played by the ancient Greeks and closely associated with the god Apollo, although in mythology its invention is attributed to Hermes who manufactured the instrument from a tortoise shell (chelys).

Kithara, stringed musical instrument, one of the two principal types of ancient Greek lyres. It had a wooden soundboard and a box-shaped body, or resonator, from which extended two hollow arms connected by a crossbar.

The kithara or cithara (Greek: κιθάρα, romanized: kithāra Latin: cithara) was an ancient Greek musical instrument. It was a kind of lyre with seven strings. The lyre was used for teaching music to beginners, but the cithara was used by expert musicians called kitharodes .

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The meaning of KITHARA is an ancient Greek stringed instrument similar to but larger than the lyre and having a box-shaped resonator.

An ancient Greek stringed instrument [see Lyre] The name is derived from Homeric "kitharis," meaning "string-playing" in general (see "Phorminx" for Homer's use of terms). First mentioned as a specific instrument in Theognis of Megara (640-579 BC?), the kithara is …

Mar 4, 2016 · A 'live' performance of my composition, "The Golden Age of Pericles" on the wonderfully recreated Kithara of the Golden Age of Classical Greece - hand-made in...