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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 2786908, member: 85693&quot;]A really terrific post.&nbsp; Those photos of the <i>plutei</i> of Trajan are the best I&#039;ve seen showing Marsyas - and all these wonderful coins, info, etc.&nbsp; Thank you all.</p><p><br /></p><p>How about a little poetry?&nbsp; Ovid, in a translation by A. S. Kline describes what happens when you challenge Apollo to a dueling banjo contest:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Marsyas cried ‘Why do you peel me out of myself? ‘Aah! I repent’, he screamed in agony. ‘Aah! Music is not worth this pain!’ As he screams, the skin is flayed from the surface of his body, no part is untouched. Blood flows everywhere, the exposed sinews are visible, and the trembling veins quiver, without skin to hide them: you can number the internal organs, and the fibres of the lungs, clearly visible in his chest.&quot;</p><p><a href="http://ovid.lib.virginia.edu/trans/Metamorph6.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ovid.lib.virginia.edu/trans/Metamorph6.htm" rel="nofollow">http://ovid.lib.virginia.edu/trans/Metamorph6.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Goes to show you that literature can be more gruesome than Hollywood sometimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The denarius of Censorinus is a favorite of mine, as my Forum handle and poor old worn avatar shows.&nbsp; I&#039;ve since got a nicer one, but I&#039;m always on the lookout for an upgrade: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]646251[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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