Lyre of Odyssey - 9 - String Traveller's Lyre: Ancient Greek Musical Instrument

“No finer, greater gift than that…
when man and woman possess their home, two minds
two hearts that work as one!”
— Homer, Odyssey

This is a replica of a chelys lyre, named after Odysseus, the legendary Greek traveler (and hero of one of Homer’s epic poems). Known also by the Latin variant Ulysses, he was renowned for his intellectual brilliance, craftiness, and versatility (polytropos). He is forever linked to his adventurous “homecoming” (nostos) to his homeland, Ithaca, a trip that took him ten eventful years after the decade-long Trojan War.

The LUTHIEROS Lyre of Odysseus has 9 strings and a compact size, ideal for musicians who want to take their lyre with them when traveling. It comes with a high-quality wooden soundboard, chosen to make the instrument more stable and robust, two crucial features when traveling. Moreover, the wooden soundboard enhances the sound of the lyre, adding more volume and a greater variety of frequencies.

It is designed to be the right size to take with you while you are traveling, as it fits in your cabin baggage (even with the current 2024 baggage allowance policies of many low-budget airlines).

A 9string lyre can produce up to three or even four full octaves, along with sharps, with intermediate to advanced playing techniques such as the harmonics, the sharp-pressing, and the hroes.

The LUTHIEROS Lyre of Odysseus was first presented during the Lyre Summer Camp in Greece in front of 25 traveling lyre players from all over the world who came to be part of this historic moment.