A.tortoise, h.Merc.33.
2. lyre (since Hermes made the first lyre by stretching strings on a tortoise's shell, which acted as a sounding-board), ib.25,153, Sapph.45, A.Fr.314; “καθ᾽ ἑπτάτονον ὀρείαν χ.” E.Alc.448 (lyr.), cf. HF683 (lyr.).
3. the constellation Lyra, Arat.268.