| 单词 | pythagorean lyre |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPythagorean lyre Pythagorean lyre n. chiefly poetic a lyre with eight strings, said to have been invented by Pythagoras. ΚΠ 1770 Musical Entertainment 5 How sweet with thee, blest Bard! When Spring descends..To listen to thy muse's varied song; Whether she paints the happy, golden age, Or touches light the Pythagorean lyre. 1851 Encycl. Americana (new ed.) X. 443/2 Tradition makes him the inventor of a musical [instrument] (Pythagorean lyre, octochordum Pythagoræ), which, after his death, was engraved in brass, and preserved in the temple of Juno at Samos. 1959 A. J. McVan tr. A. Machado in Antonio Machado 187 In the silence the Pythagorean lyre throbs, remote, rainbow in light, the light that fills my useless stereoscope. 2000 E. Loomis tr. A. Machado in tr. R. Dario & A. Machado El Nica & Don Antonio 124 And to the illusionist who sighs under the supreme order, and to the one who dreams the Pythagorean lyre in his hand. < as lemmas |
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