Olympus is a mythical musician who lived before the Trojan War and purportedly introduced instrumental music into Greece. He appears in works of art as a boy, sometimes instructed by Marsyas or Pan.
Provenance: Ḥimṣ Governorate.
Substance: bronze.
Dimensions: 4.5 x 2.6 x 2 cm.
Era: Roman.
Photo: Marwān Mislmānī.
Collection: National Museum of Damascus.
Bašīr Zuhdī. Lamḥā ʿan al-ʾālāt al-musīqīyyā al-qadīmā wa mašāhid al-mūsīqīyyīin ʿala ʾāṯārinā al-fannīyyā. Annales archéologiques arabes syriennes 1972 (pp. 81-121).
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