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Marsyas

Balthaser Permoser, 1685

 

In one of the great parables of hubris, the satyr Marsyas challenged the god Apollo to a musical competition. The god triumphed and then punished his challenger by skinning him alive.

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Uploaded on July 29, 2021
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