Lyre

n. ancient Greek harp-like instrument

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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Noun
1. a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment
(hypernym) harp
(hyponym) trigon

n. Lyra, Lyre, constellation in the Northern Hemisphere which contains the star Vega (Astronomy); female first name

n. lyre, ancient Greek harp-like instrument

(n.)
One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.
  

(n.)
A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.