Marsías
Beings - Greek Mythology
Card 397
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- Water = 05
- Earth = 35
- Heaven = 00
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- Wisdom = 05
- Dexterity and Strength = 30
- Powers = 10
- Fire = 00
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Marsías
Beings - Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Marsias (from Greek Μαρσύας) is a Phrygian satyr who appears as the central figure in two stories involving music.
In one of them, Marsias collects the flute (in some versions, it is a double-oboe), which had been abandoned by Athena, because when she touched it, her cheeks were inflated, mockery of other goddesses (according to some sources, Hera and Aphrodite).
In the other story, Marsias is considered to be such a perfect musician that challenges Apollo to a competition, and the winner would have the right to punish the loser. Apollo wins, Marsias is tied to a tree and skinned alive. From his blood, the Marsias River rises in Phrygia.
The literary sources of antiquity often point to the hubris of Marsias as the cause of punishment, considered just.
Sometimes Marsias is replaced by Pan in the episode of the competition with Apollo.
The myth symbolizes the superiority of Greek culture (represented by the lyre of Apollo) in relation to the culture of Asia Minor (represented by the flute or aulus of Marsias).
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