Terpander
Terpander is a native poet and musician born in Antissa in Lesvos. He is said to have invented a seven-stringed instrument called ‘kithara’ (meaning guitar). At the 26th Olympiad held in Sparta, Terpander won a prize with that instrument, and he established a school for musicians there. He has also created a system of musical notation, he is considered the founder of lyric poetry and he is thought to have sung poems similar to the Homeric hymns.