lyre
noun (lyres)
Everyday
An old stringed instrument, rather like a small harp, with a U-shaped frame; it was played in ancient Greece. tree →
In the lessons
in myths, a god, hero or muse plays it while singing or dancing; in stories, a musician's instrument
Examples
- In sculpture Amphion is always represented with a lyre; Zethus with a club. tree →
- Terpsichore, the muse of Dance, is shown playing on a seven-stringed lyre. tree →
- Here the warrior found his horses, and the musician his lyre. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «lyre» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «lyre» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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