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Athena gives a spontaneous thumbs-up at the sight of Marsyas' flute. what will happen when she sees the tail, I wonder.
"Now Marsyas was an accomplished flute-player, for some time before he had found the flute which Athena had thrown away because it made her ugly. Some have said that Hyagnis invented the flute, but others affirm that the first long flute was made by Athena out of deer bones, or by piercing boxwood with holes wide apart, and that, proud of her invention, she came to the banquet of the gods to play. However, Aphrodite and Hera, seeing Athena's cheeks puffed out, mocked the latter in her playing and called her ugly. This is why Athena came to a spring in Mount Ida in order to view herself in the water; and having looked at herself in the water of the spring, she understood why she was mocked, and threw away the flute, vowing that whoever picked it up would be severely punished:
'The sound was pleasing; but in the water that reflected my face I saw my virgin cheeks puffed up. I value not the art so high; farewell my flute!' [Athena. Ovid, Fasti 6.697]"
"Now Marsyas was an accomplished flute-player, for some time before he had found the flute which Athena had thrown away because it made her ugly. Some have said that Hyagnis invented the flute, but others affirm that the first long flute was made by Athena out of deer bones, or by piercing boxwood with holes wide apart, and that, proud of her invention, she came to the banquet of the gods to play. However, Aphrodite and Hera, seeing Athena's cheeks puffed out, mocked the latter in her playing and called her ugly. This is why Athena came to a spring in Mount Ida in order to view herself in the water; and having looked at herself in the water of the spring, she understood why she was mocked, and threw away the flute, vowing that whoever picked it up would be severely punished:
'The sound was pleasing; but in the water that reflected my face I saw my virgin cheeks puffed up. I value not the art so high; farewell my flute!' [Athena. Ovid, Fasti 6.697]"
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you know there's a theory in my classics class that this actually captures the moment when Marsyas goes to low five Athena and then pulls away and goes too slow!, and the look on his face is when he realists that one dose not simply reject a low five from a god
another theory is that Athena has filthy nails and Marsyas was severely shocked to see them
another theory is that Athena has filthy nails and Marsyas was severely shocked to see them