Posted by Minnie-Haha on May 17, 2005, at 10:29:24
In reply to Re: Question #5, posted by alexandra_k on May 16, 2005, at 23:13:04
> Who did Apollo have the pipe playing contest with?
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> And what was the penalty for the loser?I knew right away that the answer to the first question is Pan. But the answer to the second question is trickier. There are two stories I think, but the one that's in my mythology book is that the god of Mt. Tmolus wisely judges Apollo the winner. However, King Midas comments that he thought Pan was the better of the two, so Apollo turned Midas' ears into those of an *ss.
The second story is pretty gruesome. I had to find it online, so I guess I'll leave it for someone else to answer, in case that's the one you had in mind.
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