Used in classical Athens, the Chelys-Lyra is a lyre consisting of a tortoise-shell sound compartment with skin stretched over the opening. Two bars with a crossbar attached extend from the shell and ...

The lyre was a popular instrument at many festivals ... Athens was the place to go in ancient Greece for culture. Every four years, Athens held the Panathenaic Games. Thousands of people paraded ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent ... sung to the accompaniment of a lyre. These short songs typically celebrated friendship or the pleasures of wine, recounting historic ...