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Terpander logo #10101) Ancient Greek inventor 2) Ancient Greek lyric poet 3) Ancient Greek musician
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Terpander

Terpander logo #21000 Terpander (Τέρπανδρος Terpandros), of Antissa in Lesbos, was a Greek poet and citharede who lived about the first half of the 7th century BC. He was the father of Greek music, and through it of lyric poetry, although his own poetical compositions were few and in extremely simple rhythms. He simplified rules of the modes of singing of oth...
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Terpander

Terpander logo #21003Greek poet and musician of the Aegean island of Lesbos.
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Terpander

Terpander logo #21217Terpander was an ancient Greek poet. He founded Greek music, evolved the lyre to seven-strings and set poetry to music. He lived around 700 BC in Lesbos, and left a school of followers in Sparta and Lesbos.
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