Cacus and Marsyas in Etrusco-Roman Legend. (PMAA-44), Volume 44 / / Jocelyn Penny Small.

This book discusses how Greek and South Italian vase paintings of the musical contest between Apollo and Marsyas became the model for Etruscan representations of Cacus ambushed by the Vibennae brothers, two Etruscan heroes of the sixth century B.C. The study demonstrates that the Etruscans knowingly...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1982
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Monographs in Art and Archeology ; 601
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Chapter I. The metamorphosis of Cacu
  • Chapter II. The Pictorial Evidence for the Res Gestae of Cacu
  • Chapter III. Greek Models and Etruscan Legends
  • Chapter IV. Marsyas in the Forum
  • Chapter V. Augury and the State
  • Chapter VI. Conclusion
  • Appendix I. Representations of Cacu
  • Appendix II. Misattributions to Cacus
  • Appendix III. Marsyas in the Forum
  • Abbreviations and Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • Plates