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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) 24 24 Browse Search
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Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, STATUA MARSYAE (search)
xl. 3-4) represent the satyr standing on a square pedestal with right foot advanced, a wine skin thrown over his left shoulder with his left hand holding its opening, and his right hand raised. The statue is nude except for sandals and the Phrygian hat (pileus), and represents the Greek type of the fourth century B.C. How long before 8 B.C. this statue was erected in the forum, and why it was brought here, we do not know. According to a recent ingenious theory it was brought from Apamea in 188 B.C. by Cn. Manlius Vulso because of the legendary connection of that city with the tomb of Aeneas, and placed near the lacus Curtius because of a certain parallelism between the legendary self-sacrifice of an Apamean hero and Curtius (A. Reinach, Klio 1914, 321-337). The statue was often crowned with flowers, and a certain P. Munatius was once thrown into prison for stealing them (Plin. NH xxi. 8-9). Marsyas came to be regarded as the symbol of liberty (Serv. ad Aen. iii. 20) and under the emp
Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, Chronological Index to Dateable Monuments (search)
Portam Trigeminam, 420. 192Temple of Veiovis on Capitol (?), 548. Porticus inter lignarios, 422. (before). Tabernae Novae, 504. 191Temple of Magna Mater dedicated, 324. of Pietas vowed, 390. 190of Lares Permarini vowed, 315. of Juno Lucina damaged, 289. Scipio builds arch on Clivus Capitolinus, 122, 212. 189Statue of Hercules placed in Temple of Hercules Custos, 252. of Pollentia set up in Circus Maximus, 114. Clivus Martis repaved and portico built along it, 123. 188Statue of Marsyas set up (?), 499. 187Temple of Juno Regina vowed, 290. of Diana in Circus Flaminius vowed, 150. of Hercules Musarum, 255. 186of Ops struck by lightning and rebuilt in second half of century, 372. 184of Venus Erucina outside Porta Collina vowed, 551. Basilica Porcia built, 82. 181Temple of Pietas dedicated, 390. Books and Tomb of Numa found sub Janiculo, 3, 481. Temple of Venus Erucina dedicated, 551. 180Temple of Fortuna Equestris vowed, 215. 179Walls and colu