Cretan lyra
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The Cretan lyra is a pear-shaped three-stringed Greek lyra, a traditional musical instrument, central to the traditional music of Crete and other islands in the Dodecanese and the Aegean Archipelago,
Various models of the Cretan lyra at the museum of Greek traditional instruments, Athens.
Cretan Lyra - old type (lyraki).
Cretan lyra - common type after 1940.
Bow with spherical bells (gerakokoudouna).
Greek musical instruments
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Greek musical instruments were grouped under the general term "all developments from the original construction of a tortoise shell with two branching horns, having also a cross piece to which the stri
Cretan lyra
…The Cretan lyra (Greek: Κρητική λύρα) is a pear-shaped three-stringed Greek lyra, a traditional musical instrument, central to the traditional music of Crete and other islands in the Dodecanese and the Aegean Archipelago, in Greece. The Cretan lyra is considered to…
Roman art, 4th century A.D. Dancer with kymbalon.
Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, detail-- satyr with pan pipes
Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, detail-- aulos and tambourine
Mildenhall treasure, great dish, British Museum, frame drum