Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas, 1581, Engraving, Sheet: 9 3/16 x 12 9/16 in. (23.4 x 31.9 cm), Prints, Melchior Meier (German, active Italy, ca. 1572–82), According to Ovid, Apollo engaged in two musical competitions. When Marsyas boasted that his flute playing could rival the music of Apollo, the god proved his superiority and then punished Marsyas by flaying him alive
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Apollo, Marsyas, Judgment, Midas, 1581, Engraving, Sheet, 9 3/16 x 12 9/16, 23.4 31.9 cm, Prints, Melchior Meier, German, active Italy, ca., 1572–82, According, Ovid, Apollo engaged, two musical competitions, Marsyas boasted, flute playing, rival, music, god proved, superiority, punished Marsyas, flaying, alive
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