caa a22 4500 386344639 CHVBK 20180307111807.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198910 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0017383500029703 doi S0017383500029703 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0017383500029703 Hooker J. T. Arion and the Dolphin [Elektronische Daten] [J. T. Hooker] No reader of Herodotus would wish away the story of Arion's rescue by the dolphin (1. 23-4), or could imagine the story better told. The development of the story reflects epic models. At the outset we have the mention of a marvel, that of a man who rode on a dolphin's back; then the rapid narrative leading to the marvel itself, with much vivid detail lavished on the three central scenes (Arion's singing in his ceremonial robes, his leap into the sea, and the rescue itself); next the hurrying to the denouement, the confrontation between Arion and the sailors; and the ancecdote ends as it began, with an allusion to the man on a dolphin's back - this time in the shape of a bronze statue, still to be seen at Taenarum. The narrative contains everything needed to make it immediately comprehensible, but all superfluous elements have been suppressed. Even the initial reference to Arion as the leading lyre-player of his time is by no means an irrelevant detail: the fact is crucial to the way in which the anecdote is shaped, for this would have turned out quite differently, had Arion not been so famous for his skill. Copyright © The Classical Association 1989 Greece and Rome Cambridge University Press 36/2(1989-10), 141-146 0017-3835 36:2<141 1989 36 GAR https://doi.org/10.1017/S0017383500029703 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0017383500029703 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Hooker J. T. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Greece and Rome Cambridge University Press 36/2(1989-10), 141-146 0017-3835 36:2<141 1989 36 GAR CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge