Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Arion: the legend and its context. Arion and the dolphin in classical antiquity
  • Herodotus
  • Aulus Gellius
  • Ovid
  • Plutarch
  • Hyginus
  • Lucian
  • Overview
  • Of dolphins and music
  • Dolphins and their cultural depictions
  • Ancient Greek music and Arion the poet-musician
  • The legend of Arion in French reimaginings. Arion in visual artworks
  • The European context
  • Arion in French works
  • Arion in French poetry
  • Sceve
  • Du Bartas
  • Sieur d'Arion
  • Saint-Amant
  • Airs in a royal ballet: Chastillon
  • Arion in cantatas
  • Campra and Roy
  • Le Bailly
  • An opera libretto: Le Brun
  • A complete opera: Matho and Fuzelier
  • An act in an opera-ballet: Destouches and Roy
  • Conclusion.