Marsyas : the piper of Celaena in Phrygia, who challenged Apollo to a musical contest. It was agreed that the victor should treat the loser as he wished. The victory was with difficulty adjudged by the Muses in favour of Apollo. He thereupon tied Marsyas to a tree & flayed him alive.
... the uncouth presumptuous Marsyas: Entra nel petto mio, e spira tue Si come quando Marsia traesti Della vagina delle membre sue. Enter within my bosom and there breathe The self-same power you had of singing when You tore Marsyas from his body's sheath. ...
... quando Marsia traesti Delia vagina delle membra sue. These lines to Apollo may be tentatively rendered with a little freedom: In that dire mode of yours as when you plucked Marsyas out of the scabbard of his limbs. An instance directly in English may be provided from the author himself of Mystic Mother. In the poem, Vita Nuova , quoted some pages back, the third ...
... Delia vagina delle membra sue. These lines to Apollo may be tentatively rendered with a little freedom: Page 102 In that dire mode of yours as when you plucked Marsyas out of the scabbard of his limbs. An instance directly in English may be provided from the author himself of Mystic Mother . In the poem, Vita Nuova, quoted some pages back, the third and ...
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