Editing Lyre (section)

===Western lyres===
Western lyres, sometimes referred to as round-based lyres, are lyres from the ancient history that were extant in the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]], [[Greece]] and [[Italy]]. They initially contained only round rather than flat bases; but by the [[Hellenistic period]] both constructs of lyre could be found in these regions. Like the flat-based Eastern lyres, the round-based lyre also originated in northern Syria and southern Anatolia in the 3rd millennium BCE. However, this round-based construction of the lyre was less common than its flat-based counterparts in the east, and by c. 1750 BCE the instrument had died out completely in this region. The round-based lyre re-appeared in the West in [[Ancient Greece]] where it was sole form of lyre used between 1400 BCE and 700 BCE.<ref name="Grove"/>

Like the eastern flat-based lyre, the western round-based lyre also had several sub-types. [[Homer]] described two different western lyres in his writings, the [[phorminx]] and [[kitharis]]. However, both of these terms have not had uniform meaning across time, and their use during Homer's time was later altered. Today, scholars divide instruments referred to as kitharis into two subgroups, the round-based cylinder kithara and the flat-based concert kithara.

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File:Diver Paestum 32.JPG|5th century BCE. ''Lyra'' or ''barbitos'' from the [[Tomb of the Diver]].
File:Diver Paestum 30.JPG|5th century BCE. ''Lyra'' or ''barbitos'' from the [[Tomb of the Diver]]. [[Tortoiseshell]] body.<ref>{{cite book|first= Angela |last= Bellia |title= Strumenti musicali e oggetti sonori nell'Italia meridionale e in Sicilia (VI-III sec. a.C.) |url= https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/33553811 |pages= 51–84}}</ref>

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====Phorminx====
{{main article|phorminx}}

====Kitharis====
{{Main article|cithara}}