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According to ancient Greek folklore, in songs sung by entertainers before the invention of writing, Hermes found a tortoiseshell, and strung some dried animal intestine across it, perhaps with a very simple wooden bridge to control the pitch when he struck it. I wrote about this in much more detail in my book "Hermes the Olympian" available on Amazon.com in e-book and paperback.

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