Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 326
, and it is known that in 676 B.C. he was victorin a competition at Sparta. He presented himself with a lyre ofseven strings, but it was ruled that he must cut off three for thesake of uniformity with the other competitors. Terpander wascelebrated for having introduced new rhythms into poetry,… … FIG. 155. FRESCO, KXOSSOS, DISCOVERED BY DR. EVAXS. A thousand vears before the time of Terpander the seven-stringed lyre was used in Crete. On the sarcophagus dis-covered by the Italian Mission (Fig. 156) (still unpublished) is acomplete figure of a man playing the lyre, and beside him isanother…
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