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Marsyas
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(Μαρσύας; Marsýas).

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[1] Phrygian rivergod and Celaenae's god of protection

Phrygian river god and Celaenae's god of protection, represented as satyr or silenus. The name is derived from a toponym that can be found repeatedly throughout Asi…

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Visser, Edzard (Basle), Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA), Nissen, Hans Jörg (Berlin), Ziegler, Konrat (Göttingen) and Sonnabend, Holger (Stuttgart), “Marsyas”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e725180>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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