Marsyas,
the unhappy rival of Apollo, was said to be a native of
Celænæ in Phrygia. Olympus was a pupil of Marsyas
(Schol. in Aristoph. Eq. 9). By Plutarch
(Mus. xi.) he is called ἀρχηγὸς τῆς
῾Ελληνικῆς
καὶ καλῆς
μουσικῆς.
cf. Arist., Pol. VIII. v. 16.