The identity of the figure with the flute is disputed: some believe him to be Daphnis, pining for love of a deity, while others see in the youth the satyr Marsyas. For a time the painting was exhibited in the Louvre under the title "Apollo and Marsyas". When the museum acquired it in the 1880s, the canvas was mistakenly attributed to the brush of Raphael
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
