This allusion is taken up in Euripides' Rhesus, and in the scholia on the Iliad. These later sources add the details that Thamyris had demanded as his prize for winning the contest either the privilege of having sex with all the Muses or of marrying one of them;Conon, 7 and that after his death he was further punished in Hades. Ancient scholia emphasized that the episode was meant to illustrate that poetic inspiration was a gift of the gods, and could be taken away by them.Apollodorus, 1.3.3Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.595. See , p. 96.
This allusion is taken up in Euripides' Rhesus and in the scholia on the Iliad These later sources add the details that Thamyris had demanded as his prize for winning the contest either the privilege of having sex with all the Muses or of marrying one of them;Conon 7 and that after his death he was further punished in Hades Ancient scholia emphasized that the episode was meant to illustrate that poetic inspiration was a gift of the gods and could be taken away by themApollodorus 133Scholia on Homer Iliad 2595 See  p 96