Torso of Marsyas

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A gruesome fate befell this torso, which formed part of a sprawling sculpture that retold the story of Marsyas' downfall. The satyr's impertinence had led him to challenge Apollo to a musical showdown, a bold move that ultimately proved his undoing. His refusal to back down was met with the harshest of punishments: flayed alive and left dangling from a tree branch like a lifeless thing.