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エラト(エラトーErato, 「愛らしい女」「愛情あふれる女」「愛すべき女」の意)は、ギリシア神話に登場する女神あるいは人物。
女神のエラト
ムーサたち(ムーサイ)の1柱。本項で記述する。
パンの預言巫女である木のニンフの1柱。
海神ネレウスの娘ネレイスたち(ネレイデス)の1柱。
人物のエラト
ダナオスの娘ダナイスたち(ダナイデス)の1人
デスピオスの娘たちの1人。ヘラクレスとの間にデュナステスを産んだ。
神名に由来する物
小惑星、エラト (小惑星) (62 Erato) 。
エラトは、ギリシア神話に登場する文芸の女神ムーサたち(ムーサイ)の1柱。すべてのムーサたちと同じく大神ゼウスとムネモシュネの娘。抒情詩、歌唱、舞踏により愛情を芸術的表現する女神である。
9柱のムーサたちのうち、「独唱歌」(独吟叙事詩)を司る。表される際の持ち物は、竪琴だが、この様にムーサたちが細分化されたのはローマ時代のかなり後期になってからである。
他のムーサたちと同様、単独の神話はほとんど無い。
By Wiki。
画像1:François Boucher 1703-1770
『The Muse Erato』 -
画像2:John William Godward 1861-1922
『The Muse Erato at Her Lyre』-
でっ、さらに、、、
画像3:LIPPI, Filippino 1457-1504
『Allegory of Music or Erato』 c.1500
レダ&白鳥の主題が混ざったような絵?!
解説の英文は、私の英語力では釈然としない。。。
This idyllic, playful composition, which has been considered the allegory of music for a long time, intimates complicated relationships. Nothing seems to indicate, however, that it belongs to one of a series of paintings symbolizing the seven liberal arts. We have no certain data on its original purpose.
The painting probably shows the Muse Erato leading a swan by a golden leash. The swan, an attribute of Apollo, may be associated with Musica as well; its symbolic role is based on the fact that it miraculously sang before its death; thus the concept of the swan song.
There is a lyre of a peculiar form in the painting. Such a fantastic instrument more than likely would have been unsuitable for playing. Its frame is a head of a stag, and the strings are stretched across the cross-bands mounted on the antlers. The painter even placed a piece of bone next to it. The stag has been used by painters to represent Hearing because of its keen ears; thus it may be connected with the concept of music.
It is proposed that in the form of a winged putto even Zephyrus may have a role in the depiction of music, since the swans sing only when the mild western wind blows, while the musicians require a certain breath of personal glory to inspire them to play. The putti who play with the swan, on the other hand, may belong to a third female figure, Leda. Jupiter, in the form of a swan, seduced her, and their love bore two sets of twins, although in paintings usually only two children are depicted. This detail reveals that Leonardo da Vinci's painting - lost and only known from copies - influenced Lippi.
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/l/lippi/flippino/biograph.html
まぁ、不思議がいっぱいでふ。。。
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