Magadis

The magadis (Ancient Greek: Μάγαδις)[1] was an ancient Greek musical instrument, possibly a Greek harp or Lyre. It is usually believed to be a stringed instrument similar to a psaltery or harp, though some earlier sources like the translated fragments of Posidonius discuss arguments that it may have been a woodwind. Modern scholars have mostly accepted the string instrument classification while noting that the evidence from ancient texts "falls well short of proving it."[2] Scholars believe the word may be Lydian in origin.

  1. ^ Athenaeus, Deipnosophists, 14.36
  2. ^ Barker, Andrew (1984). Greek Musical Writings: Volume 1, The Musician and His Art. Cambridge University Press. p. 294. ISBN 0521389119. Retrieved 11 August 2019.