The name 'Lyre' has its origins in Greek mythology. In Greek mythology, the lyre was a musical instrument associated with the god Apollo. It was a stringed instrument similar to a small harp, consisting of a U-shaped frame with strings stretched between two parallel arms. The name 'Lyre'...
The Lyre or Harp is the instrument invented by Hermes and given toApollohis half-brother, who in turn gave it to his son Orpheus, the musician of theArgonauts. In aGreek mythology, the walls ofThebeswere said to have been constructed by the skill of a musician called Amphion and his l...
Employing a hermeneutic methodology, a comparative study of trickster myths (Loki in Norse mythology and Hermes in Greek mythology) will be used to demonstrate both the initial rupture between the archetypal masculine and the archetypal feminine, as well as psyche's constellation of the trickster ...
In Greek mythology Philyra was an Oceanid-nymph of Mount Pelion in Thessaly loved by the Titan Cronus. When his wife Rhea came upon their rendeavouz, he quickly transformed himself into a horse to escape detection. As a result, Philyra birthed a half-hor
In Greek mythology, Orpheus of the lyre wandered into the underworld of Hades, in grief over the loss of his wife. There, it is said in some stories, that he had to cross the rivers of the underworld, Styx and Lethe. Trivia Lyre and Kyza are both mentioned in a support conversation...
According to ancient Greek tradition, Apollo was the god of music, and above all, a master of the lyre. Here is the fascinating background to this ancient Greek mythology... “Hermes was born on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia. The story is told in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. His mother, Mai...
Cithara is an ancient Greek musical instrument in the lyre family, known for its larger size and box-shaped body, whereas the lyre is smaller, with a U-shaped frame.
Here, anxious in case his wife's strength be failing and eager to see her, the lover looked behind him, and straightaway Eurydice slipped back into the depths. Orpheus stretched out his arms, straining to clasp her and be clasped; but the hapless man touched nothing but yielding air. Eu...
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Arion's Lyre examines how Hellenistic poetic culture adapted, reinterpreted, and transformed Archaic Greek lyric through a complex process of textual, cultural, and creative reception. Looking at the ways in which the poetry of Sappho, Alcaeus, Ibycus, Anacreon, and Simonides was preserved, edited...