kithara
noun
kith·a·ra
ˈki-thə-rə 
variants
or cithara
: an ancient Greek stringed instrument similar to but larger than the lyre and having a box-shaped resonator
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Equally impressive is an unbroken amphora on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York that depicts a singing, swaying Citharode, a robed young man playing the stringed kithara.
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Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 23 July 2017
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Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 23 July 2017
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“Kithara.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kithara. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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