Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Harpa

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

HARPA. A harp, with a curved back in the form of a sickle (ἅρπη, falx), like the annexed example (Harpa/1.1), from an Egyptian painting. Venant. Carm. vii. 8. 63., in which passage it is expressly distinguished from the lyre, and as an instrument used by foreigners.

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