Apollo, Olympus and Marsyas

Apollo sits with cithara (lyre) and plectrum, accompanied by a muse. Olympus pleads for mercy for his teacher Marsyas, who is tied to a tree about to be flayed alive by a Scythian. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789

Antichità Antiquities Cithara Ercolano Flute Herculaneum Lyre Marsyas Mercy Muse Olympus Piroli Plectrum Pompeii Tommaso

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