MARSYAS  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, a Phrygian See also:

• GOD

god or See also:

• SILENUS

Silenus, son of Hyagnis . He was originally the god of the small See also:

• RIVER

river of the same name near See also:

• CELAENAE

Celaenae, an old Phrygian See also:

• TOWN

town . He represents the See also:

• ART

art of playing the See also:

• FLUTE

flute as opposed to the See also:

• LYRE (Gr. Xupa)

lyre—the one the See also:

• ACCOMPANIMENT (i.e. that which " accompanies ")

accompaniment of the See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of See also:

• CYBELE, or CYBEBE (Gr. Ku/3X, Ku,(3i7sn)

Cybele, the other that of the worship of See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo . According to the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, See also:

• ATHENA (the Attic form of the Homeric Athene, also called Athenaia, Pallas Athene, Pallas)

Athena, who had invented the flute, threw it away in disgust, because it distorted the features . Marsyas found it, and having acquired See also:

• GREAT

great skill in playing it, challenged Apollo to a contest with his lyre . See also:

• MIDAS

Midas, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• PHRYGIA

Phrygia, who had been appointed See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge, declared in favour of Marsyas, and Apollo punished Midas by changing his ears into See also:

• ASS (O.E. assa; Lat. asinus)
• ASS, FEAST OF THE

ass's ears . In another version, the See also:

• MUSES, THE (Gr. Mo6o-at, the thinkers)

Muses were See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges and awarded the victory to Apollo, who tied Marsyas to a See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree and flayed him alive . Marsyas, as well as Midas and Silenus, are associated in legend with See also:

• DIONYSUS (probably = " son of Zeus," from & Os and vv(7os, a Thracian word for " son ")

Dionysus and belong to the See also:

• CYCLE
• CYCLE (Gr. KUK)^os, a circle)

cycle of legends of Cybele . A statue of Marsyas was set 1 According to others, a See also:

• REED
• REED, ANDREW (1787-1862)
• REED, ISAAC (1742—1807)
• REED, JOSEPH (1741—1785)
• REED, THOMAS BRACKETT (1839—1902)

reed-See also:

• PIPE

pipe made of the stalks of See also:

• HEMLOCK (in O. Eng. hemlic or hymlice; no cognate is found in any other language, and the origin is unknown)

hemlock; the See also:

• READING

reading scutica (" See also:

• WHIP

whip ") has also been proposed.up in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• FORUM (Lat. from foris, " out of doors ")

forum and colonies as a See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty . The contest and See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment of Marsyas were favourite subjects in Greek art, both See also:

• PAINTING

painting and See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture . In See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence there are several statues of Marsyas See also:

• HANGING

hanging on the tree as he is going to be flayed (see GREEK ART, fig . 54, Pl .

II.); Apollo and the executioner See also:

• COMPLETE

complete the See also:

• GROUP

group . In the Lateran museum at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome there is a statue representing Marsyas in the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of picking up the flute, a copy of a masterpiece by See also:

• MYRON

Myron (See also:

• HYGINUS
• HYGINUS (surnamed GROMATICUS, from gruma, a surveyor's measuring-rod)
• HYGINUS, GAIUS JULIUS

Hyginus, Fab . 167, 191; See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus i . 4, 2; See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, Metam. vi . 382-400, xi . 145-193), for which see GREEK ART, fig . 64 (Pl . III.) .