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👤 Marsyas (Phrygian)

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Information
lost musical competition with Apollo
Possibly the same as
👤 Marsyas (Lydian)
Sometimes conflated with
👤 Seilenos attendant of Dionysos👤 Olympos (f. of Marsyas) father or student of Marsyas
Wikidata
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599737
PALP
http://palp.art/browse/marsyas
Trismegistos
https://www.trismegistos.org/name/3969
Digital LIMC
https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/RU7jMQ=sSqaGq10C_F2eUQb
Gender
Male
Experiences
Undergoes metamorphosis
Death
Death is narrated
In the historical period
Appears in an epiphany
Son of
👤 Olympos (f. of Marsyas) father or student of Marsyas
Transformed into
🌍 River Marsyas (Phrygia) river in Phrygia
Eponym of
🌍 River Marsyas (Phrygia) river in Phrygia🏛️ the Spring of Marsyas (Celainai) from which is produced rocks
Teacher of
👤 Olympos (f. of Marsyas) father or student of Marsyas
From which is created
🏺 the Skin of Marsyas
Creates
🏺 the Double Flute of Athena later played by Marsyas
Dies at
🌍 River Marsyas (Phrygia) river in Phrygia🌍 Nysa (Arabia Felix) city associated with Dionysos🌍 Lake Aulocrene (Phrygia) lake near Apameia🏛️ the Plane Tree at Lake Aulocrene (Phrygia) from which Marsyas was hanged
Killed by
👤 Apollo Olympian god
Has post-mortem existence at
🌍 the Underworld realm of Hades
Body parts
🏺 the Skin of Marsyas
Related entities
👤 Apollo Olympian god🏺 the Double Flute of Athena later played by Marsyas👤 Olympos (f. of Marsyas) father or student of Marsyas👥 the Muses personifications of poetry and music👤 Athena Olympian goddess🌍 River Marsyas (Phrygia) river in Phrygia🌍 Celainai (Phrygia) city in Phrygia🌍 Phrygia region in Anatolia👤 Cybele (goddess) 'Mother of the Gods'👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god🌍 Nysa (Arabia Felix) city associated with Dionysos🏺 the Lyre of Apollo made by Hermes👤 Hermes Olympian god🏺 the Skin of Marsyas👤 Seilenos attendant of Dionysos🌍 Mount Ida (Troad) mountain in the Troad🌍 Lake Aulocrene (Phrygia) lake near Apameia👤 Midas king of the Phrygians, son of Gordios👤 Aphrodite Olympian goddess👤 Zeus (Olympian) Olympian god🏛️ the Spring of Marsyas (Celainai) from which is produced rocks🏛️ the Plane Tree at Lake Aulocrene (Phrygia) from which Marsyas was hanged🌍 the Underworld realm of Hades
Mentioned by
📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.4.2📖 Pausanias 8.9.1📖 Pausanias 1.24.1📖 Pausanias 2.22.9📖 Pausanias 10.30.6-10.30.9📖 Pausanias 2.7.8-2.7.9📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 18.2 MacLeod📖 Lucian, The Ignorant Book-Collector 5📖 Lucian, Harmonides 1📖 Lucian, Gout 312-334📖 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 10📖 Diodoros, Library 3.58.1-3.58.4📖 Diodoros, Library 3.59.1-3.59.8📖 Diodoros, Library 5.75.1-5.75.5📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.382-6.400📖 Strabo 10.3.14📖 Strabo 13.1.69-13.1.70📖 Strabo 12.8.15📖 Pliny, Natural History 7.204📖 Pliny, Natural History 5.106📖 Pliny, Natural History 35.66📖 Pliny, Natural History 31.16.1📖 Pliny, Natural History 16.89.1📖 Pseudo-Palaiphatos 47
Mentioned in text
Apollodoros, LibraryPausaniasLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, The Ignorant Book-CollectorLucian, HarmonidesLucian, GoutPs-Plutarch, On RiversDiodoros, LibraryOvid, MetamorphosesStraboPliny, Natural HistoryPseudo-Palaiphatos
Reported to be mentioned in text
Euripides
Mentioned in citation of
📖 Euripides fr. 1085 Collard-Cropp
Depictions
🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa Annessa alla Casa dell’Efebo I 7, 19, Pompeii (PALP r1-i7-p19-space-f)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa della Regina Margherita V 2, 1, Pompeii (LIMC Amymone 27; PALP r5-i2-p1-space-p)🎨 Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling V 2, 10, Pompeii (MANN 120626; LIMC Herakles 2771; PALP r5-i2-p10-space-q)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di T. Dentatius Panthera IX 2, 16, Pompeii (PALP r9-i2-p16-space-b)🎨 Wall Paintings from House of Menander / Casa del Menandro I 10, 4, Pompeii (PALP r1-i10-p4-space-46)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Fabbro I 10, 7, Pompeii (PALP r1-i10-p7-space-9)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Citarista I 4, 5.25, Pompeii (PALP r1-i4-p5-space-23)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa delle Pareti Rosse VIII 5, 37, Pompeii (PALP r8-i5-p37-space-c)🎨 Attic Red-Figure Skyphos (Thessaloniki-Casts 135)🎨 Fragment of Roman Marble Sarcophagus (Met 15.170)🎨 Boiotian Red-Figure Calyx Krater attributed to an imitator of the Meleager Painter (NAM 12674; Beazley 9038163)🎨 Terracotta Relief from Pompeii (MANN 40632)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Apollo VI 7, 23, Pompeii (PALP r6-i7-p23-space-25)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di M. Epidius Rufus IX 1, 20, Pompeii (PALP r9-i1-p20-space-s)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Poeta Tragico VI 8, 3.5, Pompeii (PALP r6-i8-p5-space-15)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Meleagro VI 9, 2.13, Pompeii (PALP r6-i9-p2-space-26)🎨 Wall Paintings from Private Dwelling VI 16, 28, Pompeii (PALP r6-i16-p28-space-f)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Bracciale d’Oro VI 17, 42, Pompeii (PALP r6-i17-p42)🎨 Wall Paintings from Pompeii (ADS 92, 93, 96; PALP r3)🎨 Wall Painting from Herculaneum (MANN 9539)🎨 Faliscan Red-Figure Volute Krater (NGV D87-1969; LIMC Chrysippos I 6)🎨 Apulian Red-Figure Oinochoe attributed to the Felton Painter (NGV 90-D5)
Reported depictions
🎨 Cult Statue Group from Sanctuary of Leto in Mantineia by Praxiteles (NAM MN 215, 216, 217; LIMC Marsyas I 24)🎨 Bronze Statue of Marsyas and Athena by Myron (LIMC Athena 623)🎨 Painting of Marsyas by Zeuxis, displayed in the Temple of Concord (LIMC Marsyas 49)🎨 Wall Painting of Odysseus in the Underworld in the Lesche of the Cnidians, Delphi, by Polygnotos (LIMC Nekyia 6)
Relevant to local traditions reported from
🌍 Celainai (Phrygia) city in Phrygia🌍 Phrygia region in Anatolia
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