Stringed instruments in ancient Greece.

 Music was an important part of the daily life of Greek people. Greek people loved music and thought that it was a gift from the Gods and they thought that it was a way of honoring them. Let's have a look at some of the stringed instruments of ancient Greece: The symbol of Apollo the Lyre: 

The Kithara (Guitar) an instrument of the Lyre family that took a great deal of skill to play:

The epigonion (Harp),
the ancient instrument with the largest number of strings, maybe forty: 

The Pythagoras (single-stringed, monochord), was an instrument that was used to study musical intervals:

There are many more ancient Greek stringed instruments, each one with different and unique characteristics and versions. We just mentioned some of the most popular instruments of ancient Greece.