T61.6 MARSYAS
| Museum Collection | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Louvre K570 |
| Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
| Ware | Paestan Red Figure |
| Shape | Lekanis Lid |
| Painter | Attributed to Asteas |
| Date | ca 360 - 340 B.C. |
| Period | Late Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Marsyas from a painting depicting his contest with the god Apollo. The Satyr plays a double flute and wears a leopard-skin cloak and boots. He has the features typical of his kind--a pug nose, balding pate and ass's ears.
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OTHER IMAGES
K5.13 Apollo
K20.1A Muse
K20.1B Muse
