MAKE A MEME View Large Image PanandDaphnis.jpg following below is useful and informative Haiduc 00 07 26 November 2006 UTC The Royal Museum at Naples BEING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE EROTIC PAINTINGS BRONZES AND STATUES CONTAINED IN THAT FAMOUS CABINET SECRET BY COLONEL FANIN ...
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Keywords: PanandDaphnis.jpg following below is useful and informative Haiduc 00 07 26 November 2006 UTC The Royal Museum at Naples BEING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE EROTIC PAINTINGS BRONZES AND STATUES CONTAINED IN THAT FAMOUS CABINET SECRET BY COLONEL FANIN Stanislas Marie César Famin b 1799 d 1853 London 1871 Marsyas and Olympus Life-size PLATE II MARSYAS the Satyr the inventor according to several mythologists of the pastoral flute is represented in this group one of the masterpieces of antiquity at the instant when while giving lessons on that instrument to young Olympus he is preparing to attack the chastity of his pupil His features on which a god-like majesty is impressed betray the transports of his passion to which he appears to wish to abandon himself his mouth and nostrils open to fan the fire of concupiscence which devours his breast His left hand rests on the youth's shoulder as if to draw him towards him and one of his legs which he lifts up in order the better to secure him leaves no doubt as to the object of his desires The youth meanwhile looks down confused and abashed; he seems to break off his music; and we fancy we see him tremble in every limb A rock on which a lion's skin is spread serves as a seat for the Satyr Olympus a son of Meon a native of Mysia lived before the Siege of Troy Plutarch attributes to him the composition of several hymns in honour of the gods Ancient authors agree in representing him as a pupil of Marsyas whom Pliny has confounded with Pan Suidas speaks as follows Olympus a son of Meon a Mysian a flute-player and poet a disciple and favourite of Marsyas He lived before the Trojan war and gave his name to Mount Olympus in Mysia This subject has been several times treated by the artists of antiquity Among others a painting was found at Herculaneum which has none of the obscenity of the group here described Marsyas is there represented with the features of a Faun and the legs of a man 1 According to Pliny the invention of the pastoral flute composed of several reeds bound together and called fistula or syrinx is due to Pan 2 The above group is taken from the Farnese Museum Pan teaching Daphnis to play the flute Marble Roman copy after an Hellenistic original Pan's and Daphnis' heads and Daphnis' right arm are restorations Pan enseñando a Dafnis a tocar la flauta Mármol copia romana de un original helénico El brazo derecho de Dafne y las cabezas de ambos son restauraciones Pan apprenant à Daphnis à jouer de la flûte Marbre copie romaine d'un original hellénistique d'Héliodore de Rhodes Les têtes de Pan et Daphnis et le bras droit de Daphnis sont des restaurations Pan e Dafni Marmo copia romana da un originale ellenistico di Eliodoro di Rodi Haiduc Other versions <gallery>Image Pan and Daphnis jpg</gallery> Pan and Daphnis group Naples César Famin Pan flutes in art Music lessons in art
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