Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Apollo and Marsyas
  Olympian gods · Apollodorean / Pausanian (musical contest; flaying); Hellenistic and pictorial enrichment
• Athena Invents the Aulos and Discards It
  Olympian gods — Athena / musical aetiology · Classical aetiology (Athena invents and rejects the pipes; Marsyas finds them)

Places appearing with them

• Athena’s casting-place of the aulos
• Phrygia
• River Marsyas
• Spring or river
• Troy
• Underworld

Themes

• Contest
• Divine Council
• Hubris
• War