T61.2 MARSYAS & APOLLO
| Museum Collection | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Louvre G516 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 215754 |
| Ware | Attic Red Figure |
| Shape | Krater, Bell |
| Painter | Attributed to the Pothos Painter |
| Date | - |
| Period | Early Classical |
DESCRIPTION
The satyr Marsyas challenges the god Apollo to a musical contest. He is seated on a rock beneath a pine-tree and holds a double-flute in his hand. Apollo stands before him holding a laurel-branch and lyre. The pair are surrounded by three Muses who have been tasked with judging the contest. One holds a lyre and another a scroll-box. According to the myth, Marsyas loses the contest and is bound to the tree and flayed alive.