Lyre

A lyre is a type of sting instrument similar to a harp and widely used in Greek antiquity and later periods.
==History==
During the Peloponnesian War, Spartan misthios Kassandra met a lyre player named Timon near the port of Orchomenos in Boeotia. He played a sad song, hoping that if he played the instrument near water his brother would hear as he traveled down the Styx into the afterlife.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Sibling Revenge At another point in her life, Kassandra met the poet Praxilla and recovered her lyre, though it had been damaged.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Lyre Lyre She then helped Praxilla's lyre maker Timycha collect the needed materials for the repair.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Repairing the Lyre
In the 1st century BCE Medjay Bayek of Siwa met the famous bard Fire Eyes and retrieved his lyre from a shipwreck.Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Curse of the Pharaohs – Losers Weepers
==Gallery==
DTVA - Sutton Hoo Lyre Replica.jpg|Replica of the 6th cen. Sutton Hoo large lyre
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Origins
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
*Discovery Tour: Viking Age
==References==
Category:Music
Category:Musical instruments
Category:Objects