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

by Jocelyn Penny Small

Overview

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 their own legends.

Originally published in 1982.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691614694
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	07/14/2014
Series:	Princeton Monographs in Art and Archeology , #601
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

• FrontMatter, pg. i
• Contents, pg. vii
• Illustrations, pg. ix
• Preface, pg. xiii
• Chapter I. The metamorphosis of Cacu, pg. 1
• Chapter II. The Pictorial Evidence for the Res Gestae of Cacu, pg. 37
• Chapter III. Greek Models and Etruscan Legends, pg. 57
• Chapter IV. Marsyas in the Forum, pg. 68
• Chapter V. Augury and the State, pg. 93
• Chapter VI. Conclusion, pg. 105
• Appendix I. Representations of Cacu, pg. 112
• Appendix II. Misattributions to Cacus, pg. 124
• Appendix III. Marsyas in the Forum, pg. 127
• Abbreviations and Selected Bibliography, pg. 143
• Index, pg. 161
• Plates, pg. 167