Marsyas
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The Myth of Marsyas in the Roman Visual Arts
Author: Piers B. Rawson
language: en
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Release Date: 1987
The Phrygian flute-player Marsyas, characterised in Greek and Roman art as a satyr or silenos, was one of the protagonists in a popular mythological tradition which featured him, Athena and Apolloin the discovery, rejection and defeat of the flutes. Rawson here presents a detailed examination of the Roman iconography of Marsyas compositions, and a definitive catalogue of representations of the myth in Roman art.