The phorminx (Ancient Greek: φόρμιγξ) was one of the oldest of the Ancient Greek stringed musical instruments, in the yoke lutes family, intermediate between the lyre and the kithara. It consisted of two to seven strings, richly decorated arms and a crescent-shaped sound box.

An ancient Greek stringed instrument [see lyre]. Associated in Archaic vase paintings with Apollo and Artemis (also see Homeric Hymn to Apollo 3. 182-85), "phorminx" as a term used rather interchangeably with "kitharis" (kithara) in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.

This listing is for a “Phorminx”, an advanced string instrument invented by the Ancient Greeks able to produce vibrato and tremolo effects while it is played. The phorminx (in Ancient Greek...

The phorminx (in ancient Greek φόρμιγξ) was one of the oldest ancient Greek string instruments and in many senses a forerunner of the more elaborated ancient Kithara, as it was the first ancient instrument that ancient Greeks introduce a basic spring mechanism for a richer sound and a “sweet” vibrato effect. Visually, it was ...

The Homeric ”phorminx” It was an eminent stringed instrument of the singers (“aoidoi”) of Homeric epics. Homer himself characterized it as sweet and clear sounding.

2017年7月16日 · Despite being a descendant of the lyre and a forefather of kitharis, it was the first ancient instrument that ancient Greeks introduced a basic spring mechanism for a...

Organologists have called the phorminx a "cradle kithara" to distinguish it from the kithara of the classical period, but Maas and Snyder prefer to keep the two instruments separate. Homer's …

2025年2月15日 · The phorminx (in Ancient Greek φόρμιγξ) was one of the oldest ancient Greek stringed musical instruments, intermediate between the lyre and the kitharis (or kithara). It consisted of two to seven strings, richly decorated arms and a crescent- shaped sound box.

The phorminx (Ancient Greek: φόρμιγξ) was one of the oldest of the Ancient Greek stringed musical instruments, in the yoke lutes family, intermediate between the lyre and the kithara. It consisted of two to seven strings, richly decorated arms and a crescent-shaped sound box.

The meaning of PHORMINX is cithara.