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In relief, the satyr Marsyas and Scythian slave
Marsyas was so proficient at playing the double flute that he challenged the god Apollo himself to a contest. Apollo agreed on condition that the victor could do as he pleased to the vanquished, and after winning, he had Marsyas flayed alive by a Scythian slave.
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Title: Bronze box mirror
Period: Late Classical
Date: late 4th century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions:
H. 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm)
diameter 7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
Accession Number: 14.130.4
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