lyres
U-shaped stringed instruments
Lyres is the plural of lyre, an ancient stringed instrument with a U-shaped frame and strings stretched from a crossbar to a soundboard.
Associated with Greek mythology and classical antiquity, the lyre was played by plucking.
The museum displayed lyres from ancient Greece.
The word appears in poetic contexts evoking classical art and music.
Thin flexible lines
- pluckSpirit or yank
- strumBrush strings rhythmically
- tuningAdjusting pitch accuracy
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
harmony · chord · pitch · resonance · timbre · vibrations · acoustic · accompaniment
Sun deity, moonshot namesake
- OrpheusLegendary Greek musician
- HermesOlympian messenger deity
- amphoraAncient twin-handled storage jar
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
artifact · antiquity · Greece · Rome · civilization · excavation · historical · relic
Sun deity, moonshot namesake
- OrpheusLegendary Greek musician
- HermesOlympian messenger deity
- MusesNine goddesses of arts
- OlympusSacred Greek mountain
Delphi · divinity · sacred · ritual · Homeric · epic · prophecy · demigods
Metered poetic passage
meter · rhyme · stanza · recitation · bard · minstrel · troubadour · song
Organized public celebration
- banquetFormal celebratory meal
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
ceremony · performance · entertainment · gathering · pageant · procession · reception · gala
strings
Thin flexible lines
melody · harmony · chord · pitch · resonance · timbre · vibrations · acoustic · accompaniment · scale
Apollo
Sun deity, moonshot namesake
- OrpheusLegendary Greek musician
- HermesOlympian messenger deity
- amphoraAncient twin-handled storage jar
archaeology · artifact · antiquity · Greece · Rome · civilization · excavation · historical · relic · heritage
Apollo
Sun deity, moonshot namesake
Olympus · Delphi · divinity · sacred · ritual · Homeric · epic · prophecy · demigods · Pantheon
verse
Metered poetic passage
lyric · meter · rhyme · stanza · recitation · bard · minstrel · troubadour · song · serenade
festival
Organized public celebration
- banquetFormal celebratory meal
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
feast · ceremony · performance · entertainment · gathering · pageant · procession · reception · gala · merriment
- Ancient Greece & RomeGreek myths, Roman myths, mythology, muses, Apollo
- instrumentsguitar, guitars, piano, pianos, drum
- folk instrumentsbanjo, bodhrán, mandolin, harmonica, fiddle
- instrument gearviolin strings, strings, reeds, picks, guitar picks
- ancient musicpan pipes, panpipes, tibia, shofar, syrinx
- Classical AntiquityAncient Greece, Ancient Rome, Greeks, Romans, Roman Empire
lyresviolins
Bowed stringed instruments
cellos · violas · fiddles · double basses · viols
lyresdrums
Struck membrane instruments
flutes · trumpets · wind instruments · timpani · percussion instruments
Electrically powered musical devices
synthesizers · electric guitars · drum machines · samplers · turntables
- song lyricsWords of a tune
- explicit lyricsProfane song words
- rap lyricsRhythmic spoken-word verses
- wax lyricalSpeak enthusiastically at length
- love lyricsRomantic song text
- waxing lyricalSpeaking with elaborate enthusiasm
lyrics, lyrical, lyricist, lyre, lyricism, lyrically, lyricists