The Myth of Marsyas in the Roman Visual Arts
Piers B Rawson
Broschiertes Buch

The Myth of Marsyas in the Roman Visual Arts

An Iconographic Study

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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.