Terpander

thumb|Zeus, the beginning of all, the leader of all; Zeus, to thee I bring this gift for a beginning of hymns. Terpander (Ancient Greek: Τέρπανδρος; fl. c. first half of the 7th century BC) was a Greek poet and citharede from Antissa in Lesbos. Quotes Zeus, the beginning of all, the leader of all; Zeus, to thee I bring this gift for a beginning of hymns. 1. To Zeus (tr. J. M. Edmonds, 1922) Let us pour to the Daughters of Memory and their Lord the Son of Leto. 3. To Apollo and the Muses (tr. Edmonds) Where bloom both the spear of the young men and the clear sweet Muse, and eke that aider unto noble deeds, Justice that goeth in broad streets. 6. Sparta (tr. Edmonds) Quotes about Terpander Terpander. . .was the first person that used the lyre with seven instead of four strings, as is mentioned in the verses attributed to him: "we have relinquished the song adapted to four strings, and shall cause new hymns to resound on a seven-stringed cithara." Strabo, Geography, III.2.4 (tr. H. C. Hamilton, 1856) External links Category:Poets from Greece Category:BCE births Category:BCE deaths