(from the article `lyric`) In ancient Greece an early distinction was made between the poetry chanted by a choir of singers (choral lyrics) and the song that expressed the ... ...covers many sorts of poems. On the one hand, poems sung by individuals or chorus to the lyre, or sometimes to the aulos (double-reed pipe), were ... [2 rela... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/67