In
Greek mythology, Marsyas was a
satyr who challenged
Apollo to a contest of music. He had found a flute on the ground, tossed away after being invented by
Athena because it made her cheeks puffy. Marsyas lost and was flayed alive in a cave near
Calaenae[?] in
Phrygia for his
hubris to challenge a god. His blood turned into the river Marsyas.