Greek bronzes . Fig. 19.—Greek Bronze. British Museum. GREEK BRONZES 51 seems improbable, however true it may be to fact. That is a principle ofart laid down by Aristotle, and one of his instances is that of the hind withstags antlers, which seems likely enough but is not Fig. 20.—Bronze Marsyas. British Museum. We are more fortunate in possessing a bronze figure of the Satyr Marsyas(Fig. 20), which, to some extent, may fairly be traced back to style is doubtless much later. It cannot in fact be earlier than the 52 GREEK BRONZES third or at most the fourth century There w
Greek bronzes . Fig. 19.—Greek Bronze. British Museum. GREEK BRONZES 51 seems improbable, however true it may be to fact. That is a principle ofart laid down by Aristotle, and one of his instances is that of the hind withstags antlers, which seems likely enough but is not Fig. 20.—Bronze Marsyas. British Museum. We are more fortunate in possessing a bronze figure of the Satyr Marsyas(Fig. 20), which, to some extent, may fairly be traced back to style is doubtless much later. It cannot in fact be earlier than the 52 GREEK BRONZES third or at most the fourth century There was therefore betweenour bronze and Myron an interval of two centuries or more, during whichinterval the representation of Satyrs in sculpture and every other form ofGreek art was multitudinous. Nevertheless it is more than probable thatthe artistic motive of our bronze was originally Myrons. In the ancientlist of his works mention is made of a group of the Satyr Marsyas andthe goddess Athene. Marsyas was there in the act of starting back inamazement when Athene threw to the ground the flutes on which she hadbeen trying to play. One or two ancient sketches of this group exist,and, though poor enough, they are sufficient to identify the attitude ofMarsyas. Precisely the
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