Apollo invent the lyre using a turtle shell strung with strips of cow gut. He gave it to the god to Orpheus whose beautiful music could tame wild animals. After Orpheus died Zeus placed his lyre in the sky as a tribute.

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1. Apollo invent the lyre using a turtle shell strung with strips of cow gut. He gave it to the god to Orpheus whose beautiful music could tame wild animals. After Orpheus died Zeus placed his lyre in the sky as a tribute.