Cacus and Marsyas; In Etrusco-Roman Legend
Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press [1982], 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-xvi, [2], 3-164, [2], [12] plates with back-to-back black and white photographs of archaeological sites, artefacts, and maps. Beige cloth with gold lettering blocked in maroon. Written by a Director of the U.S. Center of the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae at Rutgers University. A work of classical scholarship concerned with Greek and Southern Italian vase paintings of the myth of Apollo and Marsyas and how they influenced the Etruscan representations of the myth of Cacus and the Vibennae brothers. This work argues that Etruscans purposefully adapted Greek visual imagery to represent their own mythology. Professor Small Penny uses evidence from the Roman forum, the Palentine, the Aventine, Late Roman Republic Coins, and Greek Imperial coins to argue how Marsyas and Cacus are connected, and how the figures were represented in Roman political and religious life. Fine / very near Fine. Item #00009829
Jacket shows a faint touch of rubbing to the front panel, else Fine.
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