Midas (Ted Hughes, Tales from Ovid) 2/2: The Contest

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Uploaded by on May 7, 2010

2. The Contest: Pan vs. Apollo on top of Mt. Tmolus, with an eavesdropper.

Read by the author (ISBN 0141802480).
Print version: http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Ovid-24-Passages-Metamorphoses/dp/0374525870/

The first paintings is "The Punishment of Midas" by Hendrik de Clerck, ca. 1620.
The second is "The Judgement of Midas, with Apollo & Pan" by Abraham Govaerts (1589-1626).

See also that by P. van Kerck:
http://www.artnet.com/Artists/LotDetailPage.aspx?lot_id=DB0B078E36877F8613E29...
and, for a more modern take on this and other Ovidian metamorphoses, Josonia Palaitis here:
http://www.jpstudio.com.au/site/gallery.php?cat=10
and here:
http://www.hardwaregallery.com.au/exhibition.php?id=62&picid=839

Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz8EjvDAoJk

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