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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...
- 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...
- (aulos player) aulos (contemporaneous wind instrument) barbiton (b**** kithara) kithara (professional instrument) lyre (folk instrument) phorminx (advanced...
- 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...
- plucked string instrument, the lyre, prin****lly a special kind called a kithara. Music was an important part of education, and boys were taught music starting...
- (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...
- Woman playing a kithara, from the Villa Boscoreale, Italy, circa 40–30 BC...
- defined by its musical accompaniment, usually on an instrument known as a kithara, a seven-stringed lyre (hence "lyric"). These three are not equivalent...
- attributes were the bow and arrow. Other attributes of his included the kithara (an advanced version of the common lyre), the plectrum and the sword. Another...
- 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...