ἄλυρος

A. without the lyre, unaccompanied by it, ὕμνοι ἄ., i.e. wild dirges (accompanied by flute, not lyre), E. Alc. 447; ἄ. ἔλεγος Hel. 185; μέλος Poet. ap. Arist. Rh. 1408a7; Ἄϊδος μοῖρ’ ἄ., of death, S. OC 1223 (lyr.); ἄ. φθόγγοι sad talk, Alexis 162.6 (anap.); ἄ. μαθήματα ποιητῶν Pl. Lg. 810b.