The Phrygian flute-player Marsyas, characterised in Greek and Roman art as a satyr or silenos, was one of the protagonists in a popular mythological tradition which featured him, Athena and Apolloin the discovery, rejection and defeat of the flutes. Rawson here presents a detailed examination of the Roman iconography of Marsyas compositions, and a definitive catalogue of representations of the myth in Roman art.

"This book is primarily about dyslexia as we relate to it through science, education, and social and emotional realities. It is a hopeful book. It aims to clear the scene by showing how well, often superbly, people who address life with what I like to call superbly, people who address life with what I like to call the dyskexuc cast of mind can and do make their way in the world." p.x.