or PANDORON, a musical instrument, used among the ancients, resembling the lute. The word is said to be formed from the Greek πάνδορος and εὐσεβεῖα, i.e., "all gifts, all sorts of gifts." Ifidore derives the name from its inventor Pandorus; others from Pan, to whom they attribute its invention, as well as that of the flute. It has the same number of strings with the lute; but they are of braids, and consequently give a more agreeable sound than those of the lute. Its frets are of copper, like those of the cittern; its back is flat, like those of the guitar; and the rims of its table, as well as its ribs, are cut in semicircles. Du-Cange observes, that Varro, Ifidore, and others of the ancients, mention it as having only three strings; whence it is sometimes also spoken of under the denomination τριχόδαμα, trichordam.