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Headword:
Μαρσύας
Adler number: mu,229
Translated headword: Marsyas
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Son of Marsos, from
Tabai,[1] an historian. He wrote an
Archaiologia in 12 books, a
Mythical History in 7 books and some other works to do with his own native city.[2]
Μαρσύας, Μάρσου, Ταβηνός, ἱστορικός. ἔγραψεν Ἀρχαιολογίαν ἐν βιβλίοις ιβ#, Μυθικὰ ἐν βιβλίοις ζ#, καὶ ἕτερά τινα περὶ τῆς ἰδίας πατρίδος.
Notes:
[1] The Carian city of that name (present-day Davas Kale); for the ethnikon see
Stephanus of
Byzantium s.v.;
RE 4A.2 col.1839.
[2] It has been argued that there was no historian of this name from
Tabai, the writings credited to him here belonging to
Marsyas of
Philippi (
mu 228). See Laqueur col.1999, who associated the present
Marsyas with the priest of
Heracles mentioned by
Athenaeus 11.467C. Heckel (p.450} however, has urged caution and is inclined to accept the text of the Suda without alteration.
W. Heckel 'Marsyas of Pella, Historian of Macedon', Hermes 108 (1980) 444-462.
R. Laqueur 'Marsyas 9' in RE XIV.2, cols.1998-1999.
Keywords: biography; historiography; history; mythology; religion
Translated by: Tony Natoli on 18 November 2000@23:27:02.
Vetted by: David Whitehead (supplied headword; augmented note; cosmetics) on 20 December 2002@04:02:14.
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