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Definition of Kithara

Kithara
Kithara Kith"a*ra (-[.a]*r[.a]), n. See Cithara.

Meaning of Kithara from wikipedia

- The kithara (Gr****: κιθάρα, romanized: kithára), Latinized as cithara, was an ancient Gr**** musical instrument in the yoke lutes family. It was a seven-stringed...
- been shown with a wreath of myrtle and roses, holding a lyre, or a small kithara, a musical instrument often ****ociated with Apollo. In Simon Vouet's representations...
- (1953), III (1965). New Kithara I Surrogate Kithara Kithara II Named after their inspiration, the Gr**** kithara, the Kitharas are 71-by-43-inch (180 cm...
- instruments, in the yoke lutes family, intermediate between the lyre and the kithara. It consisted of two to seven strings, richly decorated arms and a crescent-shaped...
- He asked for permission to sing a last song to win time. Playing his kithara, Arion sang a praise to Apollo, the god of poetry, and his song attracted...
- elements resting against the bed have been interpreted by Charles-Picard as a kithara. A collared dog sits on its hind legs behind the figure, and lifts a paw...
- (aulos player) aulos (contemporaneous wind instrument) barbiton (b**** kithara) kithara (professional instrument) lyre (folk instrument) phorminx (advanced...
- kitharis into two subgroups, the round-based cylinder kithara and the flat-based concert kithara. 5th century BCE. Lyra or barbitos from the Tomb of the...
- its musical accompaniment, usually on a stringed instrument known as a kithara, a seven-stringed lyre (hence "lyric"). It is not equivalent to song lyrics...
- accompanied by the kithara, which was Apollo's instrument. Paeans meant to be sung on the battlefield were accompanied by aulos and kithara. Two musical fragments...