Publication Date
3-31-2025
Abstract
A Myrina-type terracotta figurine of a flying aulete held in Amherst College’s Mead Art Museum exemplifies a new body of evidence relevant to the study of ancient Greek music. I propose that this coarse figurine indicates possible musical funerary practices of Myrina and that the aulete may be a depiction of the god Eros. As the aulos inhabits a complex space in Greek social thought, a connection between Eros and the aulos would open up new ways of understanding how the ancient Greeks received and understood Eros as a god through music and sound.
First Page
49
Last Page
59
Recommended Citation
Isotalo, Loren
(2025)
"An Aulete Takes Flight: The Iconography of Music and Myth in a Myrina-Type Terracotta in the Mead Art Museum,"
New England Classical Journal: Vol. 52
:
Iss.
1
, 49-59.
Keywords
aulos, Eros, Myrina, phorbeia, terracotta figurines, funerary offerings
