On the way out of the exhibits I was visiting, I walked past this statue, which has been here forever, I guess. I was taken by the extreme emotion, so first I photographed the sculpture, then read about it. Whoo boy, this guy is in trouble. This is the satyr Marsyas who challenged the god Apollo to a musical competition. The god triumphed and then punished his challenger by skinning him alive! Yikes! Now, THAT is a bad day!
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Yuck, how gruesome. I've never understood what kind of mind could come up with the various ways sadists instill torture. What is that on his shoulder? I thought it was a snake, but I looked closer and it seems to have the features of a shrunken head. Ghastly!
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