Marsyas

…There are various legends about their number, but according to Hesiod's Theogony, they are generally said to have been born in Pieria at the foot of Mount Olympus to Zeus and Mnemosyne (memory). They are said to have acted as judges in musical contests between Apollo and the satyr flute expert Marsyas, and to have defeated the Thracian musician Thamyris, who challenged them to a contest, and to have taken his eyesight and musical ability, but there are few myths specific to them. The center of their worship was Mount Helikon in Pieria and Boeotia, and the spring of the nymph Aganippē on Mount Helikon and the spring of Hippocrene, which is said to have sprung up after the hoof of Pegasus, the winged horse, were famous as sacred springs for poets. …

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…その人数についてはさまざまの伝承があるが，一般にはヘシオドスの《神統記》に従い，ゼウスとムネモシュネ(〈記憶〉)を両親としてオリュンポス山麓のピエリアPieriaで生まれた9人の女神とされる。彼女たちはアポロンとサテュロスの笛の名手マルシュアスMarsyasの音楽競技の審判役をつとめたほか，彼女たちに技競べを挑んだトラキア地方の音楽家タミュリスThamyrisを負かして，その視力と音楽の技を奪ったなどと伝えられるが，固有の神話は少ない。崇拝の中心地はピエリアとボイオティア地方のヘリコンHelikōn山で，ヘリコン山にあるニンフのアガニッペAganippēの泉と天馬ペガソスのひづめが打ったあとから湧き出たというヒッポクレネHippokrēnēの泉は，詩人の霊泉として有名であった。…

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