Restored group of Athena and Marsyas by Myron
The Goddess had invented the pipes but was displeased by the appearance of her face as she played and threw them down, to be claimed by the delighted satyr.
A dithyramb-play on the subject by Melanippides may have been the occasion of the dedication of the group on the Acropolis.
Original of about 450 BCE

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Copy of Athena (Athena Liebighaus)

Copy of Athena (Athena Lateran)

Detail of Athena's Head

Detail of Marsyas

Group of Athena and Marsyas at Lateran

Group of Athena and Marsyas reconstruction