greek gods

[studyone]

what is the lyret that hermes beholds? if you can find this it would be fab!...thanks!

[shaneystar2]

Do you mean Lyre ? Musical instrument ....if so Hermes is supposed to have fashioned a lyre from tortoiseshell on the day of his birth..he then stole some cattle from the god Apollo which he took and hid. When Apollo faced him out about this he began to play the lyre and Apollo was so taken by it that he agreed to let Hermes keep said cattle in exchange for the lyre.....Perhaps he made the lyre and said "Behold ..a lyre "
or something similar !

[Tatty Rollox]

A lyre?

[Supriya53]

A lyre is a stringed musical instrument well known for its use in Classical Antiquity. The recitations of the Ancient Greeks were accompanied by it.

The lyre is a member of the zither family, and was ordinarilly played by strumming, like a guitar, rather than being plucked, like a harp.

According to ancient Greek mythology, the young god Hermes created the lyre from the body of a large tortoise shell (khelus) which he covered with animal hide and antelope horns. Lyres were associated with Apollonian virtues of moderation and equilibrium, contrasting the Dionysian pipes which represented ecstasy and celebration.