Editing Pan (god) (section)

=== Music ===
[[File:Sweet, piercing sweet was the music of Pan's pipe.jpg|thumb|left|"Sweet, piercing sweet was the music of Pan's pipe" reads the caption on this depiction of Pan (by [[Walter Crane]])]][[File:Pan compilation.jpg|thumb|Representations of Pan on fourth-century BC gold and silver Pantikapaion coins.|left|218x218px]]

In two late Roman sources, [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]]<ref>Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'', 191 ([http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/Pan.html#Apollon on-line source]).</ref> and [[Ovid]],<ref>Ovid, ''[[Metamorphoses]]'', 11.146ff ([http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/Pan.html#Apollon on-line source]).</ref> Pan is substituted for the satyr [[Marsyas]] in the theme of a musical competition (''[[agon]]''), and the punishment by flaying is omitted.

Pan once had the audacity to compare his music with that of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]], and to challenge Apollo, the god of the [[lyre]], to a trial of skill. [[Tmolus (son of Ares)|Tmolus]], the mountain-god, was chosen to judge. Pan blew on his pipes and gave great satisfaction with his rustic melody to himself and to his faithful follower, [[Midas]], who happened to be present. Then Apollo struck the strings of his lyre. Tmolus at once awarded the victory to Apollo, and all but Midas agreed with the judgment. Midas dissented and questioned the justice of the award. Apollo would not suffer such a depraved pair of ears any longer and turned Midas' ears into those of a [[donkey]].<ref>Ovid, ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' XI: 146-194</ref>