Heracles and Music
Heracles and Music
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New York, N.Y: Research Center for Music Iconography of the City University of New York Graduate School
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New York, N.Y: Research Center for Music Iconography of the City University of New York Graduate School
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Among thousands of depictions of Hercules on early vases there is a group of 40 Athenian vases (from 530-500 B.C.) upon which the hero appears not as a symbol known for his athletic spirit, but as a musician--a performer on a kithara or, less frequently, on a lyre or pipes. The most common scene, which is also the earliest one created, shows Hercul...
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Heracles and Music
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1308682008
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1308682008
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0360-8727,1522-7464
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2169-8317,2169-9488
