(Βαρβίτος), an ancient stringed instrument of music, said to have been invented by Anacreon. It resembled the lyra, but greatly exceeded it in the number of its strings. Yet Anacreon himself indiscriminately uses the two names for this instrument in his first ode.

\[ \text{Α' Βαρβίτος ἐκ Χρυσάνθου} \\ \text{Εὐποιεῖ μοῦνον ἄγαλμα} \\ \text{Αἰγύς ἐκ} \\ \text{Εὐποιεῖς διαφέρειν.} \]