File:Marsyas BM E490.jpg

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Suessula Painter
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English: Marsyas playing a pair of pipes. Athena and Apollo stand to the right, reminding the legends of the invention of the pipe (Athena) and the musical contest lost by the satyr (Apollo). Athenian red-figured column-krater, ca. 410–400 BC.
Français : Marsyas jouant de la flute double. Athéna et Apollon se tiennent à droite, rappelant les légendes de l'invention de la flute (Athéna) et du concours musical où le satyre fut écorché (Apollon). Cratère à colonnes athénien à figures rouges du Peintre de Suessula, vers 410-400 av. J.-C.
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institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Main floor, room 20, Greek & Rome
Accession number
GR 1772-3.20-323 (Cat. Vases E 490)
Credit line Mastrilli and Hamilton collections
Source/Photographer Bibi Saint-Pol (2006, 22 November)

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current22:20, 2 December 2006Thumbnail for version as of 22:20, 2 December 20061,580 × 1,115 (165 KB)Bibi Saint-Pol (talk | contribs)== Summary == {{BritishMuseum |Suessula Painter (eponymous vase) |Marsyas playing a pair of pipes. Athena and Apollo stand to the right, reminding the legends of the invention of the pipe (Athena) and the musical contest lost by the satyr (Apollo). Atheni

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