TERPANDER  , of Antissa in See also:

• LESBOS (Mytilene, Turk. Midullu)

Lesbos, See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek poet and musician . About the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the Second Messenian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, he settled in See also:

• SPARTA (Gr. Eirapril or AaKe5atycav)

Sparta, whither, according to some accounts, he had been summoned by command of the Delphian See also:

• ORACLE (Lat. oraculum, from ora' to pray; the corresponding Greek word is uavreiov or Xpnuri7pwov)

oracle, to compose the See also:

• DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

differences which had arisen between different classes inthe See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Here he gained the See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize in the musical contests at the festival See also:

• CARNEA

Carnea (676-2 B.C.; See also:

• ATHENAEUS

Athenaeus, 635 E.) . He is regarded as the real founder of Greek classical See also:

• MUSIC

music, and of lyric See also:

• POETRY

poetry; but as to his innovations in music our See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information is imperfect . According to See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo (xiii. p . 618) he increased the number of strings in the See also:

• LYRE (Gr. Xupa)

lyre from four to seven; others take the fragment cf Terpander on which Strabo bases his statement (See also:

• BERGK, THEODOR (1812—1881)

Bergk, 5) to mean that he See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed the citharoedic nomos (sung to the See also:

• ACCOMPANIMENT (i.e. that which " accompanies ")

accompaniment of the See also:

• CITHARA (Assyrian chetarah; Gr. KcOhpa; Lat, cithara; perhaps Heb. kinura, kinnor)

cithara or lyre) by making the divisions of the See also:

• ODE (Gr. uiSri, from aei&ew, to sing)

ode seven instead of four . The seven-stringed lyre was probably already in existence . Ter-pander is also said to have introduced several new rhythms in addition to the dactylic, and to have been famous as a composer of drinking-songs . Fragments (the genuineness of which is doubtful) in T . Bergk, Poetae Lyrici Graeci, iii.; see also O . See also:

• LOWE, JOHANN KARL GOTTFRIED (1796-1869)
• LOWE, SIR HUDSON (1769-1844)

Lowe, De Terpandri Lesbii aetate (1869), who places him about 676 B.C .