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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3346975, member: 56859&quot;]That instrument on that coin is a kithara, and from the passage you posted and from what I&#039;ve seen, kitharas were more sophisticated and had more strings.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t realize some lyres have only two strings!&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure that passage is accurate-- I suppose there were varying numbers of strings though.&nbsp; I have seen some modern folk instruments with two strings, such as the instrument you showed a few posts upstream.&nbsp; I guess it has its roots in ancient lyres?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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