Marsyas
A celebrated piper of Celaene in Phrygia. He challenged Apollo to a trial of skill in music, which challenge was accepted, the Muses being appointed umpires. The palm of victory was awarded to Apollo, who tied his antagonist to a tree and flayed him.
Martialis, Marcus Valerius. A native of Spain who came to Rome when he was about twenty years old, where he became noticeable for his poetical genius. Martial wrote fourteen books of epigrams, and died in the seventyfifth year of his age.