Terpander (in ancient Greek / is a musician and poet, native of Lesbos , who flourished in the mid- ^seventh century BC. AD

The chronicle of Paros in fact a native of the Greek island of Lesbos . According to tradition, he adds three strings to the lyre , which until then had only four . In one of its fragments, and he exclaims: "To please you, . "In another tradition, he adds another string to the instrument and incurred the wrath of ephors Spartan reluctant to innovation: the lyre is nailed to the wall .

It consists of the prefectures zither, that is to say songs accompanied by the lyre and gives a classification, differentiating "the Boeotian and wind, and Treble trochee, the Caepio Terpandrien and, finally Tetraeder . He is also the author of preludes (proooimia) zither, a form akin to that of the name.

Philodemus of Gadara note that his style that appeals to the juries of competitions . Indeed, Terpander wins four times the Pythian Games and won Karneia Sparta . In the same city, he succeeds, it is said, to calm a crisis ( stasis ) in his songs .

His work has disappeared except a few fragments, many of which are disputed.

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