The art of the Muses! : An introduction to the relationship between music and myth in Ancient Greece

• Autor(a) principal: Carderaro, Lidiane
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Classica (Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revista.classica.org.br/classica/article/view/954
• topic: música grega antiga; mitologia; músicos mitológicos; imagem; cerâmica grega; Ancient Greek music; mythology; mythological musicians; image; Greek pottery

It is not difficult to find in mythological narratives of Ancient Greece, episodes in which music plays a fundamental role. There are numerous mythological beings considered musicians or who have musical attributes, with greater or lesser relevance to their mythological trajectory. This paper presents an introduction to these relations between music and mythology, based on representations in ceramic vases. Based on a short course developed to promote the first contact with the study of the relationship between music and mythology in Ancient Greece, the text presents some discussions about the interpretations of musical theme iconography in Greek ceramics, the social relations involved in image and the formal evolution of mythological instruments and characters. Thus, it is intended to demonstrate the importance of mythology for the study of ancient Greek music and vice versa, and the importance of this relationship to understand the technical, theoretical and social aspects of music in Greek antiquity.