THE BACKGROUND OF THE HARP IN ANCIENT GREEK CIVILIZATION

The harp is one of the oldest instruments in human history, which has a special place among the stringed instruments in ancient civilizations. The Greek civilization is one of the most brilliant parts of the world's history which examples of harp, lyre, and kithara can be found, but due to the few explorations that have been carried out and the limited number of musical works obtained, the study of Less has been done on the stringed instruments of this land, especially the harp. Therefore, in this research, based on historical sources and archaeological excavations, we will discuss the structure and performance of the harp instrument. The current research has a descriptive-analytical approach and its data has been collected through library studies. The structure of harp, lyre and kithara and how they are performed have been identified in this research and the place of these instruments in Greek civilization has been discussed. Since the evolution of this instrument did not occur in one civilization and various reasons such as cultural, political and geographical conditions have affected the changes of this instrument, it can be concluded that musical instruments may not have a single origin and are influenced by other civilizations.