Who was given asses’ ears by an angry Apollo?
Apollo follower, Midas, who happened to be present. Then Apollo struck the strings of his lyre. It was so beautiful that Tmolus at once awarded the victory to Apollo, and everyone were pleased with the judgement. Only Midas dissented and questioned the justice of the award. Apollo would not suffer such a depraved pair of ears any longer, and caused them to become the ears of a donkey. Marsyas was a satyr who was punished by Apollo for his hubris. He had found an aulos on the ground, tossed away after being invented by Athena because it made her cheeks puffy.
Silly Asses have not yet penetrated space and that they test their atomic weapons on the planetary surface, he strikes them from the record, commenting that Earth people are 'Silly Asses'. The author was influenced by the rival atomic tests by the Soviet Union and the United States. Silly Asses "Silly Asses" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. It was published in the February 1958 issue of "Future Science Fiction", after having been twice rejected by other outlets. It was subsequently included in the collections "Have You Seen These?" in 1974 and "Buy Jupiter and Other Stories"