Marsyas

In Greek mythology, the satyr Marsyas is a central figure in two stories involving death: in one, he picked up the double flute (aulos) that had been abandoned by Athena and played it; in the other, he challenged Apollo to a contest of music and lost his hide and life. In Antiquity, literary sources often emphasise the hubris of Marsyas and the justice of his punishment.
== Bonus Question Parts ==
# In book four of the Metamorphoses, this creature loses to Apollo in a music contest, for which he is flayed alive and his tears form a namesake river.