Voiceless Song

Miriam Waters gives a musical voice to an unnamed woman fighting in the battle between the Lapiths and Centaurs, as depicted on the West Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. The sculpture - of which a plaster cast is displayed in the Museum of Classical Archaeology - shows a battle between humans and centaurs: a wedding party gone disastrously wrong. A woman fights off a centaur - a creature that is half-man, half-horse - with a well-placed elbow. Miriam writes, "I wanted to give a voice to a silenced woman ... who had been erased from history. I felt that song was a powerful way to express this, as well as explore ancient Greek music." This track is part of the Museum Remix: Unheard project. Find out more at: www.museums.cam.ac.uk/museumremix You can find out more about the sculpture at: https://www.museums.cam.ac.uk/magic/woman-elbowing-centaur