| The kithara was apparently of Asiatic origin, the lyra either indigenous or of Syrian provenance. |
| Lyra, who is apparently cast as a rebellious, headstrong girl, comes across as peevish and irritating. |
| Cretan music has a long tradition and is played on a fixed-instrumentation lyra and two lutes. |
| Among other instruments, he plays the Cretan lyra, Afghan rabab, lute, Constantinople lyra, sarangi, oud, saz, and the tambur. |
| The vessels of the brain generally are often distended and gorged with blood, the lyra especially being fully injected. |
| Greek lyres fell into two types, exemplified by the lyra and kithara. |
