The Lyre: a brief revisitation

Abstract

Music is considered the oldest form of human communication and has the ability to evoke meaning, imagination, creativity and innovation. The lyre is a very old musical instrument and it is associated with the imaginary and mythological world of Ancient Greece. Its qualities elect it as one of the instruments of poets, philosophers, educators. In addition to being a vehicle for the convergence of the celestial and human planes, the lyre is an educational, cathartic and soulpurifying instrument and symbolizes peace and deep silence. Revisiting the lyre was one of the most sublime experiences, not only because of its symbolic weight in the collective western imaginary, but also because of the ocean of possibilities that it offers in this contemporary world so full of vicissitudes and setbacks and where freedom appears as the incessant search for human fulfillment. Searching and retrieving the lyre for educational purposes is the purpose of this article.