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The magadis (Ancient Greek: Μάγαδις) 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." Scholars believe the word may be Lydian in origin.
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- Wikidata Q10965821 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Magadis – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Image by Henri Marie Lavoix – Public domain