Cacus and Marsyas in Etrusco-Roman Legend. (PMAA-44), Volume 44

Jocelyn Penny Small

Princeton University Press, 2016

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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 adapted Greek iconographic forms to represent the

ISBN-13
9780691642277
ISBN-10
0691642273
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2016
Publication date
2016-04-19
Pages
208
Dimensions
279x216x
Weight
765