Lyre - Wikipedia Eastern lyres, also known as flat-based lyres, are lyres which originated in the Fertile Crescent (Mesoptamia) in what is present day Syria, Anatolia, the Levant and Egypt The eastern lyres all contain sound boxes with flat bases
LYRE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of LYRE is a stringed instrument of the harp class having an approximately U-shaped frame and used by the ancient Greeks especially to accompany song and recitation
Lyre | Ancient Greek Musical Instrument Symbol of Poetry - Britannica Lyre, stringed musical instrument having a yoke, or two arms and a crossbar, projecting out from and level with the body The strings run from a tailpiece on the bottom or front of the instrument to the crossbar
What does lyre-shaped mean? - Definitions. net Lyre-shaped refers to something having the shape or design of a lyre, which is an ancient stringed musical instrument, similar to a small harp, with two curved arms connected at the top by a crossbar
Lyre-shaped Definition, Meaning Usage | FineDictionary. com At the bottom of the lyre-shaped trunk is a satyr's head with bacchus instruments and at the top a snake, which winds through a festoon at the bottom and is held up by a bow at the top