Word: phrygian
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...boar hunts in the woods around his native Cadore, and the satyr is strung on the tree like a wild pig ready for dressing, every stiff hair on his matted legs contributing its realism to the myth. On the right is another of Apollo's victims: Midas, the Phrygian king who voted against Apollo in another music contest and was given ass's ears by the angry god. His face is Titian's self-portrait...
...gold dust from the mountains into the center of the city, where King Croesus, whose names is still associated with great riches, had it removed and turned into coins--the first known instance of coinage in the Western world Croesus's wealth and power rivalled even that of the Phrygian King Midas, his neighbor to the north, who, as the legend goes, ridded himself of his "golden touch" by bathing in the same stream...
Depardieu who triumphed in last year's The Return of Martin Guerre brings vitality and commanding presence to his character standing both figuratively and liberally above the Phrygian bone tied revolution Aries who surround him. His gruff manner endears, while Pszonisk's formality chills. One sees easily why crowds would flock to the moderate Danton. Still, Wajda makes clear the appeal of authority; Robespierre offers an ideal worth living and dying for and losses into the deal the coercive force of the guillotine...
...mayor's office of the small town of Thiron-Gardais near Chartres, young couples exchange wedding vows beneath a bust of Marianne, the ubiquitous symbol of the Republic of France. But the long familiar statue now has a new and different look. Although she still wears the customary Phrygian hat, her habitually austere visage has been replaced by a generous mouth and her torso by an even more generous cleavage. The face and figure, done in white plaster with bronze patinas, are unmistakably those of Brigitte Bardot...
Kirchner's Brahms was even more impressive. From the very beginning of the great Fourth Symphony, the conductor proved himself a master of nuance, varying his tempos flexibly. The tragic Andante moderato, with its famous Phrygian modality, was a gem. Opening furiously, the third movement, Allegro giocoso, joked only in its use of the triangle. The concluding Passacaglia, Allegro energico e passionato, was just that...