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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TAV-THE |
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TERPANDER , of Antissa in Lesbos
Greek
Sparta
differences which had arisen between different classes inthe state. Here he gained the prize in the musical contests at the festival Carnea
Greek
poetry
Strabo
Strabo
developed
accompaniment of the cithara or lyre) by making the divisions of the ode seven instead of four. The seven-stringed lyre was probably already in existence. Ter-pander is also said to have introduced several new rhythms inaddition to the dactylic, and to have been famous as a composer of drinking-songs. Fragments (the genuineness of which is doubtful) in T. Bergk, Poetae Lyrici Graeci, iii.; see also O. Lowe , De Terpandri Lesbii aetate (1869), who places him about 676 B.C.End of Article: TERPANDER If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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