Vega, one of the brightest stars in the northern sky, is in the constellation Lyra.
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Lyra
/ˈlaɪ.ɹə/
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The vessels of the brain generally are often distended and gorged with blood, the lyra especially being fully injected.
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A Persian scholar of the early tenth century, lbn Khurradadhbih, reported the lyra to be in widespread use throughout the empire, along with organs and bagpipes.
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The Cretan lyra is considered to be the most popular surviving form of the medieval Byzantine lyra, an ancestor of most European bowed instruments.
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