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Lyra

Lyra. Shikey Gibbs 10/25/07 PD 2. Biography. The lyra constellation is named after a musical a musical instrument used by the Ancient Greeks. Ancient people of Britian called Lyra the Harp of King Author. MYTH. The son of the god Apollo and Calliope, one of the muses.

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Lyra

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  1. Lyra Shikey Gibbs 10/25/07 PD 2

  2. Biography • The lyra constellation is named after a musical a musical instrument used by the Ancient Greeks. • Ancient people of Britian called Lyra the Harp of King Author.

  3. MYTH • The son of the god Apollo and Calliope, one of the muses. • He married Eurydice a nymph who died early in to the marriage when bitten by a snake. • Orpheus wandered alone for seven months, singing and playing the Lyre. • Trees and flowers followed him while Beast and birds came to listen. • When they wouldn’t have sex with him they tore him from limb to limb and took his remains and head to the island of lesbos. • The rest of his body received burial in Thrace. • Apollo bent down from heaven gathered Lyre and placed it in the sky.

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