Relief with Apollo and Marsyas (Apollon et Marsyas)Mythological story of the musical competition between the god Apollo and the satyr Marsyas . After picking up the double-piped reed instrument invented by the goddess Athena; the Phrygian satyr Marsyas became so skilled in its playing that he challenged Apollo to a music contest; in which he was beaten and after flayed alive.Pentelic marble. (Hadrian era ?)Musei Capitolini - Museo della Centrale Montemartini2018