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Headword:
*marsu/as
Adler number: mu,227
Translated headword: Marsyas
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Son of Periander, from
Pella, an historian.[1] This man was formerly a schoolmaster, and brother to the Antigonus who later became king.[2] He grew up in company with King Alexander.[3] He wrote a
History of Macedonia in ten books, which began with the first king of Macedon[4] and extended as far as the attack against
Syria by Alexander, Philip's son, after the foundation of Alexandria[5]; a
History of Attica in twelve books; and an
Education of Alexander himself.[6]
*marsu/as, *peria/ndrou, *pellai=os, i(storiko/s. ou(=tos de\ h)=n pro/teron grammatodida/skalos, kai\ a)delfo\s *)antigo/nou tou= meta\ tau=ta basileu/santos, su/ntrofos de\ *)aleca/ndrou tou= basile/ws. e)/graye *makedonika\ e)n bibli/ois de/ka: h)/rcato de\ a)po\ tou= prw/tou basileu/santos *makedo/nwn, kai\ me/xri th=s *)aleca/ndrou tou= *fili/ppou e)pi\ th\n *suri/an e)fo/dou, meta\ th\n *)alecandrei/as kti/sin: *)attika\ e)n bibli/ois ib#: kai\ au)tou= *)aleca/ndrou a)gwgh/n.
Notes:
[1] OCD(4) s.v. Marsyas(2). His dates are uncertain: probably he was born about the same year as Alexander, that is 356 BCE. and died some time after 294. The few fragments of Marsyas'
History of Macedonia are collected in Jacoby FGrH 135.
[2] Antigonus I (Monophthalmos) c.382-301 BCE.
[3] That is, Marsyas was chosen together with the sons of other prominent Macedonians such as Antipater's son Cassander and
Ptolemy, son of Lagus, to be among the young prince's companions.
[4] Caranus.
[5] Alexandria was founded in 331 BCE.
[6] It has been suggested that the
Education of Alexander was not a separate work but the final two books in Marsyas'
History of Macedonia. See Heckel (below) pp. 459-460.
H. Berve, Das Alexanderreich auf prosopographischer Grundlage (Munich: 1926) No.489, v. 2 pp. 247-248
W. Heckel, 'Marsyas of Pella, Historian of Macedon', Hermes 108 (1980) pp. 444-462
R. Laqueur, 'Marsyas 8' in RE XIV.2, cols. 1995-1998
L. Pearson, The Lost Histories of Alexander the Great (American Philological Association: New York 1960) pp. 253-254
Keywords: biography; chronology; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Tony Natoli on 10 December 2000@18:56:36.
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Headword:
*marsu/as
Adler number: mu,228
Translated headword: Marsyas
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Son of Kritophemos, from
Philippi, historian, the younger [sc. of the two].[1]
*marsu/as, *kritofh/mou, *filippeu/s, i(storiko/s, o( new/teros.
Notes:
[1] The elder is evidently Marsyas of
Pella,
mu 227. The works cited by the Suda under Marsyas of
Tabai may belong to Marsyas of
Philippi: see
mu 229. Heckel (below) p.448 postulates a date 'some time after 294 B.C.' for his period of activity.
For the fragmentary remains of Marsyas of
Philippi see Jacoby FGrH 136.
W. Heckel 'Marsyas of Pella, Historian of Macedon', Hermes 108 (1980) 444-462
R. Laqueur Marsyas 9 in RE 14.2, cols.1998-1999
Keywords: biography; chronology; geography; historiography; history
Translated by: Tony Natoli on 19 November 2000@01:23:40.
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Headword:
*marsu/as
Adler number: mu,229
Translated headword: Marsyas
Vetting Status: high
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]
*marsu/as, *ma/rsou, *tabhno/s, i(storiko/s. e)/grayen *)arxaiologi/an e)n bibli/ois ib#, *muqika\ e)n bibli/ois z#, kai\ e(/tera/ tina peri\ th=s i)di/as patri/dos.
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,
Deipnosophists 11.467C (11.31 Kaibel). Heckel [below] 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; geography; historiography; history; mythology; religion
Translated by: Tony Natoli on 18 November 2000@23:27:02.
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Headword:
*marsu/as
Adler number: mu,230
Translated headword: Marsyas
Vetting Status: high
Translation: In the days of the Jewish Judges Marsyas too was a wise man, who discovered through music pipes[1] of reeds and bronze. Deranged, he threw himself into a river and perished; and the river was named Marsyas. The story is told about him that he perished after vaunting himself as a god. In those days the events concerning Jason and the Argonauts also took place, as Apollonius of
Rhodes[2] says. A tale is told that he was skinned by Apollo.
A story is told about Hormisdas the Persian [sc. king],[3] who deserted to Constantine the Great.[4] This man, after going out on a hunt and returning to the palace, when the men invited to dinner did not stand in the proper way, he threatened to inflict on them the death of Marsyas. Having learned about this from one who heard it, some of the Persians after the father's death proclaimed the younger [sc. son] king; Hormisdas they locked up in a prison and iron fetters. But his wife let him out after introducing a metal file hidden in a fish, and then he ran off to Constantine as a suppliant. The story [is] clear.
*marsu/as: e)n toi=s xro/nois tw=n *)ioudai/wn *kritw=n kai\ *marsu/as e)ge/neto sofo/s, o(/stis e)feu=re dia\ mousikh=s au)lou\s a)po\ kala/mwn kai\ xalkou=: o(\s parafronh/sas e)/rriyen ei)s potamo\n e(auto\n kai\ a)pw/leto: kai\ w)noma/sqh o( potamo\s *marsu/as: peri\ ou(= mu=qos fe/retai, o(/ti e(auto\n a)poqew/sas a)pw/leto. kata\ de\ tou\s au)tou\s xro/nous e)ge/neto kai\ ta\ kata\ *)ia/sona kai\ tou\s *)argonau/tas, w(s *)apollw/nios o( *(ro/dio/s fhsi. le/getai mu=qos, o(/ti e)ceda/rh u(po\ *)apo/llwnos. kai\ fe/retai lo/gos peri\ *(ormi/sdou tou= *pe/rsou, o(\s hu)tomo/lhse pro\s *kwnstanti=non to\n me/gan. e)celqw\n ga\r e)pi\ qh/ran ou(=tos kai\ ei)s ta\ basi/leia u(postrafei/s, tw=n keklhme/nwn e)pi\ to\ dei=pnon ou)k e)canasta/ntwn kata\ to\ kaqh=kon, h)pei/lhse to\n *marsu/ou qa/naton au)toi=s e)piqh/sein. tou=to para/ tinos a)khkoo/tos a)namaqo/ntes oi( tw=n *persw=n meta\ qa/naton tou= patro\s to\n new/teron a)nagoreu/ousi basile/a: to\n de\ a)poklei/ousin e)n ei(rkth=| kai\ sidh/rois pedou=sin: o(\n h( gameth\ dia\ th=s tou= i)xqu/os mhxanh=s r(i/nhn ei)senegkou=sa e)ch/gage, kai\ a)podra\s i(ke/ths pro\s *kwnstanti=non e)/rxetai. h( i(stori/a dh/lh.
Notes:
See generally OCD(4) s.v. Marsyas(1). The present material comes from late-antique historiography; probably
Eunapius in the case of the second paragraph.
[1] For 'pipes' (
auloi) see
alpha 4447.
[2]
alpha 3419.
[3] cf.
mu 1048.
[4]
kappa 2284.
Translated by: Ross Scaife ✝ on 20 November 2003@17:27:46.
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