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Divison D: The Acropolis, from the Propylaea to the statue of Athene Lemnia
DOI chapter:Section XVI
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SEC. XVI
OF ANCIENT ATHENS
409
at two things—i.e., the flutes and Minerva ; (3) Myron made a
group consisting of a principal figure—of a Satyr wondering at
the flutes, and Minerva standing by. As this last rendering
admirably fits in with the monumental evidence, and does no
violence to the Latin, it seems reasonable to accept it.
But we are not out of the Pausanias difficulty yet. Did he see
FIG. 29.—MARBLE VASE I ATHENE AND MARSYAS (CENTRAL MUSEUM, ATHENS).
on the Acropolis the group of Myron described by Pliny, and well
according with the copies we have ; and if so, why did he describe
it so differently ? Why does he say Athene is striking the Satyr ;
and why does he say the Satyr has taken up the pipes, when the
copies represent Athene as just dropping them? These difficulties,
added to the fact that Pausanias never mentions Myron as the
author of the group, have led some archaeologists to reject the
OF ANCIENT ATHENS
409
at two things—i.e., the flutes and Minerva ; (3) Myron made a
group consisting of a principal figure—of a Satyr wondering at
the flutes, and Minerva standing by. As this last rendering
admirably fits in with the monumental evidence, and does no
violence to the Latin, it seems reasonable to accept it.
But we are not out of the Pausanias difficulty yet. Did he see
FIG. 29.—MARBLE VASE I ATHENE AND MARSYAS (CENTRAL MUSEUM, ATHENS).
on the Acropolis the group of Myron described by Pliny, and well
according with the copies we have ; and if so, why did he describe
it so differently ? Why does he say Athene is striking the Satyr ;
and why does he say the Satyr has taken up the pipes, when the
copies represent Athene as just dropping them? These difficulties,
added to the fact that Pausanias never mentions Myron as the
author of the group, have led some archaeologists to reject the