Apollo and Marsyas: musical contest or duel? A mythological approach of the symbolic duality between the lýra and the aulós

We study the mythological treatment of thesymbolic duality between the lýra and the aulós in the ancient  Greek music. We analyze the mythological complex that includes the following narratives: a) the invention of the aulós and its later disposal by Athena, b) the adoption of the aulós by the Sile...

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Main Author: Fábio Vergara Cerqueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos (SBEC) 2012-07-01
Series:Classica, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos
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Online Access:https://revista.classica.org.br/classica/article/view/77