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The lyre was also used as a tool for educating the young. There are accounts of famous Greek's, like Plato, applauding the lyre as the best teaching instrument.
The lyre is a curved instrument that is often played as accompaniment for a poetry recitation or to a solo singer. It a was very popular instrument in ancient Greece and was used in many contexts, ranging from grief-stricken funerals to wild festivals.
There is a famous tale of Achilles, a hero of Greek mythology, taking lyre lessons from a character named Cherion.
Rather then using a tortoise, ancient Greeks were thought to have constructed there lyres out of wood, ivory, and bone, depending on the parts of the instrument.
According to the Greek mythology, the lyre was invented by Hermes, whose responsibilities included travel, luck, commerce. The origin story of the lyre recounts when Hermes used the shell and the gut of tortoise, as well as tall reeds, to create this instrument.
Instead of the reed strings of Hermes lyre's, most ancient Greeks lyre strings were made out of stretched sheep gut.
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The body of the lyre is U-shaped, and multiple strings run between the bottom of the lyre and the top of the cross bar.

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