Lyre

The lyre is a stringed musical instrument well known for its use in Classical Antiquity and later. The recitations of the Ancient Greeks were accompanied by lyre playing. The lyre of Classical Antiquity was ordinarily played by being strummed with a plectrum, like a guitar or a zither, rather than being plucked, like a harp. The fingers of the free hand silenced the unwanted strings in the chord.

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Financebot N
Date: 2008-01-23 05:14:31

W.H. Auden was the Phi Beta Kappa poet at Harvard's 1946 Commencement. His poem, Under Which Lyre, is a truly American poem that defends the individual against the masses. The enduring life of Auden's poem reminds us that when the generals, censors and other powers are forgotten, it is the mere poet who remains. Vintage photographs are included.

mikeru
Date: 2008-01-23 05:14:31

The water is rising and it's up to you to rescue the sinking buildings of Venice by restoring their lost treasures. Launch coins, lyres and ruby rings into the matching shapes moving overhead, but think fast because blocks, chutes and devious traps threaten to drag the city under.

Norma C.
Date: 2008-01-23 05:14:31

Many creatures on this earth go to great lengths to make their appearance attractive to the opposite sex. Examples of this behavior are Peacocks and the Australian Lyre bird. Humans are creatures, whether we like it or not and also follow this basic primal instinct. Making ourselves beautiful for others, and for our own self esteem, has been around

hfinancen
Date: 2008-01-23 05:14:31

If art can be a non-human activity, why is it that only humans mark certain artifacts as “intellectual property”?

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