Music contest of Marsyas & Apollo | Greek vase, Paestan red figure lekanis

K5.13 CONTEST OF APOLLON & MARSYAS

Museum Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Catalogue Number: Louvre K570
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Paestan Red Figure
Shape: Lekanis lid
Painter: Attributed to Asteas
Date: ca 360 - 340 BC
Period: Late Classical

SUMMARY

Detail of Apollon from a painting depicting his contest with the satyros Marsyas. He plays the lyre.

ARTICLESApollon, Marsyas

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