Making the most of Marsyas

Feldherr, Andrew and James, Paula (2004). Making the most of Marsyas. Arethusa, 37(1) pp. 75–104.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/are.2004.0004

URL: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/arethusa/toc/are37.1....

Abstract

Re-evaluates the short narrative in Ovid's Metamorphoses,dealing with the flaying of Marsyas by Apollo. This is not merely a violent graphic moment but has a subtext about life and free speech under Augustus and the punitive nature of transformation and destruction, reconstruction of an offending body to celebrate the power and personality of the gods.

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• Item ORO ID
• 3577
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1080-6504
• Keywords
• amphitheatre; Apollo; Arachne; Augustus; Bacchus; Cacus; divided selves; divine retribution; Fasti; loom; lyre; martyrdom; Minerva; music contests; mutilation; Ovid; Metamorphoses; Marsyas
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > Classical Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2004 The John Hopkins University Press
• Depositing User
• Paula James