Citharode

kitharode (citharode)^[a]
	Bronze cast figure of a; kithara player from Crete.
Occupation
Synonyms	kitharist (citharist)
Occupation type	professional performer
Activity sectors	self-accompanied musical performance
Description
Competencies	singing, strummed string instrument (lyre family), music theory, music notation
Related jobs	Aulete / aulist (aulos player, "piper")

A kitharode (Latinized citharode)^[a]^[2] (Ancient Greek: $κιθαρῳδός$ [kitʰarɔː'dós] and $κιτηαρῳδός$ ;^[3] Latin: citharoedus) or citharist,^[1] was a classical Greek professional performer (singer) of the cithara, as one who used the cithara to accompany their singing. Famous citharodes included Terpander, Sappho, and Arion.

"Citharoedus" or "Citharede" was also an epithet of Apollo (Apollo Citharede), and the term is used to refer to statues which portray Apollo with his lyre.

Footnotes

^ A kitharode would automatically be expected to be able to also play a barbiton, lyre, and phorminx, provided it was a version with the same number of strings as the standard kithara.
^ It is unclear how far back Greek musical notation goes. It may have only been a competency of kitharodes during the late classical period; from some point, both kitharodes and auletes would have required to simultaneously read two separate systems of notation: One for instrumental music and the other for sung music.

^ ^a ^b "citharist". Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
^ "citharode". Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World.
^ Lewis, Charlton T.; et al. (eds.). "citharoedus". An Elementary Latin Dictionary.

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Occupation
Bronze cast figure of a kithara player from Crete.
Synonyms	kitharist (citharist)^[a]
Occupation type	professional performer
Activity sectors	self-accompanied musical performance
Description
Competencies	singing, strummed string instrument (lyre family),^[b] music theory, music notation^[c]
Related jobs	Aulete / aulist (aulos player, "piper")