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In the oldest times, those of Homer and Hesiod, it was called phorminx, which is believed to have been the form so often represented on Greek vases of a turtle shell with side pieces like horns, an instrument having but little effective resonance.— A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
Hesiod, it was called phorminx, which is believed to have been the form so often represented on Greek vases of a turtle shell with side pieces like horns, an instrument having but little effective resonance.— A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present

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