The idea of Nero fiddling is an insult to fiddlers and violinists. The fiddle has a sound post, finger board and is play mainly with a bow. A lyre has none of these features. It must have sounded like a beginning guitar student, not knowing any chords just plucking away on open strings.
However, the lyre was thee predecessor to the violin, and probable why we have our present 13 note scale.
I know, so far it's been a dull day. Too much repetition.
I was heartbroken when Paprika Weiss shut its doors ( my family had bought paprika, etc. from him/the store, from my great great grandmother on down, as did most of the Hungarian community in NYC, as well as the subsequent generations ) and it was the only place I could think of, though it's long gone now, when you asked me about where to buy lekvar.
The Vermont Country Store sells some foreiign products, and they used to sell lekvar, but I looked at the site and didn't see it. Perhaps they'll carry it again, come the fall.
Smucker's doesn't make nor sell lekvar, that I know of.
The ancient lyre was sort of a cross between a harp and an unfretted guitar. The ancient Hebrew "harp" was a form of a lyre, which was played all over the ancient world.
Lots and lots of repetion, yes, with the same arguments and nothing "new". OTOH, the moronic "GANG OF SIX" POS, has been called DEAD, anyway.