Marsyas Collection

The satyr Marsyas teaching Olympus to play the Tibia or flute.. The satyr Marsyas sitting on a stone teaching the boy Olympus to play the Tibia or flute

Ancient Etruscan statues of men wearing the toga, tunic, etc
Ancient Etruscan statues showing men wearing the toga, tunic, calzari (shoes), etc. Tuniche Toghe &c. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Cambridge blue and odd-spot blue butterflies
Cambridge blue butterfly, Pseudolycaena marsyas (Lycaena marsyas) and odd-spot blue, Turanana endymion (Lycaena endymion)

Double keyboard spinnet or virginal by Hans Ruckers, circa 1580.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J

APOLLO
After Apollo has successfully defeated the Phrygian musician Marsyas in a contest, who can best play the flute, he rather unsportingly flays his rival alive for his presumption

MARSYAS
A Phrygian flute-player who challenged Apollo to a contest of musical skill, lost, and was flayed alive for his presumption

CYPRUS. Paphos. House of Aion. The Apollo and Marsyas mosaic, detail of Pliny and Apollo, House of Aion. (3rd century AD). Roman art. Early Empire. Mosaic

Roman Art. Sarcophagus with Marsyas and Apollo. Marble. Carl
Roman Art. Sarcophagus with Marsyas and Apollo. Marble. From Sidon, Lebanon. C. 200-210 A.C. Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Music contest between Apollo and Marsyas. 320 BC. Hellenistic art. Relief on marble. GREECE. Athens. National Museum of Archaeology

Marsyas and Apollo
The satyr Marsyas reckons hes a better flautist than Apollo, but after he loses a contest, Apollo flays him alive : nymphs mourning him make a river with their tears

Apollo Flays Marsyas
Lyre-player Apollo is challenged to a musical duel by flute-player Marsyas; when he wins (by a nasty trick) he flays his presumptuous rival alive

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