“And Phoebus Apollo laughed for joy; for the sweet throb of the marvelous music went to his heart, and a soft longing...
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King Lyre of Pan (9 or 11 strings) – ancient Greek lyre
“I Call strong Pan, the substance of the whole, etherial, marine, earthly, general soul, Immortal fire.” - Orphic Hymn...
Kithara of the Golden Age (7 or 9 strings)
This is a replica of an ancient Kithara, an advanced musical instrument of Classical Greece used mainly by...
Lyre of Apollo (11 strings) – ancient Greek lyre
Apollo took the lyre upon his left arm and tried each string with the key. Awesomely it sounded at the touch of the...
Lyre of Hermes (7 or 9 strings) – ancient Greek lyre
"So then, I will give you this lyre, glorious son of Zeus…” - Homeric Hymn to Hermes, line 490 This is a replica of a...
Lyre of Olympus (11 or 13 strings) – ancient lyre with cedarwood
“He took the lyre upon his left arm and tried each string in turn with the key so that it sounded awesomely at his...
Lyre of Sappho (8 strings) – ancient Greek barbiton lyre
“Some say the Muses are nine: how careless! Look, there's Sappho too, from Lesbos, the tenth.” - Plato, epigram in the...
Pandura – ancient Greek instrument with fretboard
This is a replica of a pandura (ancient Greek: πανδοῦρα), an ancient string instrument with a fretboard that was first...
Phorminx (7 or 9 strings) – ancient string instrument with vibrato
This is a replica of a phorminx, an advanced and sophisticated string instrument of ancient Greece. At first glance,...