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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3244197, member: 57495&quot;]An <i>aulos</i> (double-piped reed flute) being played Marsyas the satyr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]849945[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PHRYGIA, Apameia</b></p><p>AE16. 3.31g, 16mm. PHRYGIA, Apameia, 133-48 BC.&nbsp; SNG Cop 193. O: Turreted head of Artemis as Tyche right, bow and quiver over shoulder. R: Marsyas [walking right on maeander pattern], naked, but for cloak behind, playing <i>aulos</i> (double-piped flute), APAME right; PANKP ZHNO (magistrate) left.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to one legend, Marsyas competed against the god Apollo in a mythic &#039;Battle of the Bands&#039; that was judged by the Muses.&nbsp; When Marsyas lost his challenge, Apollo flayed him alive and had his skin nailed to a pine tree.&nbsp; Ouch! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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