Today's image depicts the contest between Apollo, the god of music, and the satyr Marsyas, a famous flute player, who challenged the god to a music contest. King Midas, whom you see here on the right, served as judge. When Marysas lost, Apollo flayed Marsyas, taking the satyr's skin as his prize.
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