Bronze box mirror

late 4th century BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 158

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
Object Number: 14.130.4
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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