Contest of Apollo & Marsyas (original) (raw)
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T61.7 THE CONTEST OF APOLLO & MARSYAS
DETAILS
| Museum Collection | British Museum, London |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | London 1917,0725.2 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 217933 |
| Ware | Attic Red Figure |
| Shape | Krater, Bell |
| Painter | Attributed to the Meleager Painter |
| Date | ca. 400 - 380 B.C. |
| Period | Late Classical |
DESCRIPTION
The satyr Marsyas challenges Apollo to a musical contest. The god arrives on the back of a swan playing a lyre. The satyr stands to the right with his hand raised in greeting. He has a pug nose and the tail of an ass, is crowned with a wreath of ivy and bears a thyrsus (pine-cone staff). Two Muses flank the pair, one holding a lyre. A palm tree stands in the middle of the scene, to which the defeated satyr will be bound and flayed alive.
IMAGE DETAIL 1
Detail of Muse.
IMAGE DETAIL 2
Detail of Apollo riding swan.