Pandura

Pandura

Muse playing a pandoura, detail of a bas relief from Mantineia, 4th century BC (NAMA)
Classification	Necked lutes String instruments
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The pandura (Ancient Greek: πανδοῦρα, pandoura) or pandore, an ancient Greek string instrument, belonged in the broad class of the lute and guitar instruments. Akkadians played similar instruments from the 3rd millennium BC. Ancient Greek artwork depicts such lutes from the 3rd or 4th century BC onward.