Hunter carrying harp-shaped instrument

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Orpharion \Or*pha"ri*on\, n. (Mus.) An old instrument of the lute or cittern kind. [Spelt also orpheoreon .]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The orpharion ( or ) or opherion is a plucked stringed instrument from the Renaissance , a member of the cittern family. Its construction is similar to the larger bandora and an ancestor of the guitar . The metal strings are tuned like a lute and are plucked ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context music English) A musical instrument of the Renaissance, part of the cittern family, whose metal strings are tuned like a lute's and plucked with the fingers.