Classification
Dimensions
215 x 66 x 62 cm with plinth length
Date
early 20th century
Material
Iconography
Production place
Inventory
Ag.278
ID
Hyp-6397
References
The Hellenistic statue depicting the dancing Marsyas represented the satyr during his musical contest with Apollon. The satyr played the double pipe (aulos), beating the rhythm of the dance. The Imperial period statue has a tree trunk support, with a flayed hide placed on it, which foreshadows the tragic outcome of the contest (see the statues in Room VI). The support is not represented in the plaster cast, neither are the hands, which were restored holding a musical instrument similar to castanets (kymbala) in the nineteenth century.
