What does the word kitharistes mean?
Kitharistes is a surname of the Greek Sun-god Apollon (Apollo).
Apollo Kitharistes usually is depicted standing with kithara or
lyra in the left arm and plektron in the right hand. A synonym is
Aulaeites or Kitharoedes.
Additionally, in ancient Greece (especially Athens) a
Kitharistes was a teacher of music: lyre (kithara), composition,
and singing, as well as dance. Sometimes also a lyre-player.