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satyr
satyr , in Greek mythology, part bestial, part human creature of the forests and mountains. Satyrs were usually represented as being very hairy and having the tails and ears of a horse and often the horns and legs of a goat. An important part of Dionysus' entourage, they were lustful, fertile creatu... Read more
silenus
silenus , in Greek mythology, part bestial and part human creature of the forests and mountains. Part of Dionysus' entourage, the sileni are usually represented as aged satyrs—drunken, jolly, bald, fat, bearded, and possessing horse ears. According to some myths they were prophets; but accordi... Read more
Faunus
Faunus , in Roman religion, woodland deity, protector of herds and crops. He was identified with the Greek Pan. His festival was observed on Dec. 5 with dancing and merrymaking. Another festival, the Lupercalia , held in February, is also generally believed to have been in honor of him. He was atte... Read more
Marsyas
Marsyas , in Greek mythology, Phrygian satyr. He found the flute that Athena had invented but had thrown away. He became so skillful with the instrument that he challenged the lyre-playing Apollo to a contest. Apollo accepted on the condition that the victor might do as he would with the vanquished.... Read more
Midas
Midas , in Greek mythology, king of Phrygia. Because he befriended Silenus, the oldest of the satyrs, Dionysus granted him the power to turn everything into gold by touch. But when even the food that he touched turned to gold, Midas begged to be relieved of his gift. Dionysus allowed him to wash awa... Read more
John Wilmot Rochester, 2d earl of
John Wilmot Rochester, 2d earl of 1647-80, English poet and courtier, b. Ditchley, Oxfordshire. Most notorious and dissolute of the Restoration rakes, he lost the favor of Charles II on several occasions because of his recklessness. His most celebrated poem is his Satyr Against Mankind (1675). Al... Read more
Sir David Lindsay
Sir David Lindsay , c.1490-c.1555, Scottish poet. He was a courtier and diplomat by profession. As a writer he was a harsh satirist and moralist who directed most of his invective against the Roman Catholic Church. He never formally left the church, but his exposure of its abuses gives him a place s... Read more
nymph
nymph , in Greek mythology, female divinity associated with various natural objects. It is uncertain whether they were immortal or merely long-lived. There was an infinite variety of nymphs. Some represented various localities, e.g., acheloids, or nymphs of the River Achelous; others were identified... Read more
Praxiteles
Praxiteles , fl. c.370-c.330 BC, famous Attic sculptor, probably the son of Cephisodotus . His Hermes with the Infant Dionysus, found in the Heraeum, Olympia, in 1877, is the only example of an undisputed extant original by any of the greatest ancient masters. It was found in the same place where... Read more
Sophocles
Sophocles , c.496 BC-406 BC, Greek tragic dramatist, younger contemporary of Aeschylus and older contemporary of Euripides , b. Colonus, near Athens. A man of wealth, charm, and genius, Sophocles was given posts of responsibility in peace and in war by the Athenians. He was a general and a priest... Read more

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Satyr-Drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Satyr-Drama, in ancient Athens...connection with the Dionysia . In the satyr-plays a heroic figure, sometimes...with a chorus of Sileni, or satyrs. These were the legendary companions...horse. The characteristics of satyr-drama were swift action...
satyr
Book article from: World Encyclopedia satyr In Greek mythology, god of the woods and attendant of Dionysus . Sensual and lascivious, satyrs were later depicted by the Romans as goat-legged, goat-bearded men with budding horns. Satyr is also the common name for any butterfly of the Satyridae family.
satyr drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature satyr drama, a humorous piece with a chorus of satyrs that authors in the 5th and 4th cents bc were expected to...tragedy had its origin in performances by actors dressed as satyrs. The only complete extant satyric drama is Euripides' Cyclops...
Mac Flecknoe, or A Satyr upon the True-Blew-Protestant Poet, T. S.
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Mac Flecknoe, or A Satyr upon the True-Blew-Protestant Poet, T. S., a mock-epic poem by Dryden (1682; definitive edn, 1684). The outcome...
Aeschylus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...tragedies with a connecting theme and a comic satyr play. It embraced Phineus, The Persians, Glaucus of Potniae, and the satyr play Prometheus, the Fire Kindler...The Seven against Thebes, and the satyr play The Sphinx. In 463 he won first...
Dionysus
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...is by some scholars derived from the ‘agony’ of Dionysus. In satyr-drama , too, direct Dionysiac influence is obvious, the satyrs, or ‘horse-men’, imaginary creatures of the wild, coming to...
Greek drama
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...civilization. It took three forms – tragedy , comedy and satyr plays. Tragedy and comedy were the two main forms. Tragedy...323–27 bc), especially in the work of Menander . Satyr plays were bawdy works written to accompany tragedies.
Bacchus
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...maenads) and is also traditionally accompanied by goat–man satyrs (see chimera ) who are in a state of almost perpetual sexual arousal...grapes; or heavily drunk, sometimes being put to bed by nymphs and satyrs. Helen King
Clodion
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...intimate terra-cotta sculptures or statuettes of nymphs, fauns, satyrs, and bacchantes, mythological creatures symbolic of erotic pleasure. Such works as the Intoxication of Wine ( Nymph and Satyr ) and Seated Bacchante Playing with a Child are typical examples...
Amos Tutuola
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...romances: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1954), Simbi and the Satyr of the Dark Jungle (1956), The Brave African Huntress (1958...variety of adventures among gods and ghosts, ogres and pygmies, satyrs and magicians, and sundry other uncanny, Bosch-like monsters...

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satyr
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible satyr The translation in NJB at Lev. 17: 7 for...vengeance (Isa. 34: 14). In Greek mythology satyrs were nature deities, and thought to have bristly...So the translation of the Hebrew sa'ir as satyr has a certain appropriateness.
satyrs
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology satyrs See SATYRINAE .
Barberini Faun
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists Barberini Faun ( Sleeping Satyr ). Hellenistic marble statue of a satyr sprawled in drunken sleep (Glyptothek, Munich). It is first recorded in the possession of Cardinal Franceso Barberini in 1628, and during the 17th and particularly the...
Scratch
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology Scratch (dial.) usu. Old S ., the Devil. XVIII. alt. of (dial.) scrat (XV) hermaphrodite — ON. skrat(t)i wizard, goblin, monster, rel. to OHG. scrato (G. schrat ) satyr, sprite.
Triumphs of Oriana, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...was the Air ); John Holmes ( Thus Bonny-boots ); Richard Nicholson ( Sing shepherds all ); Thomas Tomkins ( The Fauns and Satyrs ); Michael Cavendish ( Come gentle Swains ); William Cobbold ( With Wreaths of Rose and Laurel ); Thomas Morley ( Arise...
Pierné, (Henri Constant) Gabriel
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...becoming prin. cond. 1910–34. Works incl. ballet Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied (Cydalise and the Satyr), 1923, from which comes the ‘Entry of the Little Fauns’; oratorios La Croisade des Enfants (The...
Clodion
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...small statuettes and terracotta figures and groups. They are often of light-hearted classical subjects—nymphs and satyrs and so on—and have the wit and verve of the best Rococo art. After the Revolution he changed his style completely...
Böcklin, Arnold
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...reputation with Pan in the Reeds (1857, Neue Pin., Munich), the beginning of his preoccupation with the world of nymphs and satyrs, naiads, and tritons, the results of which are sometimes slightly absurd. Later his style became more sombre and charged...
woodwose
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable woodwose a wild man of the woods; a savage; a satyr, a faun; the representation of such a being, as a decoration or as a heraldic bearing or supporter. The term is recorded from late Old English, and the first element wood means ‘mad’.
Berlin Painter
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...He is named after a large amphora (wine jar) ( c. 480 bc) in the Antikenmuseum, Berlin, featuring a group of Hermes, a satyr, and a faun—‘a marvellous composition of three superimposed figures united in a single harmonious contour...

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butterfly
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...lady patch peacock pearly eye pixie powdered skipper purple purplewing queen question mark red admiral ringlet roadside skipper satyr scallopwing scrub hairstreak shoemaker silverdrop silverspot skipper skipperling soldier sootywing sulfur/sulphur swallowtail...
monster
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...Lilith Loch Ness Monster loup-garou lycanthrope manticore mermaid merman Minotaur Nessie Ogopogo orc Pegasus phoenix Sasquatch satyr Scylla sea serpent sea snake shape-shifter siren Sphinx thunderbird Tiamat troll Typhon unicorn urchin vampire werewolf windigo...

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Satyr songs.(five poems)(Poem)
Magazine article from: The American Poetry Review; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...mother told me Jesus was a satyr so I wouldn't feel...live with a circumcised satyr from Queens who thinks...rage. Centaurs teach, satyrs are autodidacts. I have...the cracks. Today, Satyrs weep, suffer losses...page, not poetry, a satyr, a freak of nature...
Population Structure of the Endangered Mitchell's Satyr, Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii (French): Implications for Conservation
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...history of the endangered Mitchell's satyr butterfly, Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii...with recovery, we examined Mitchell's satyr butterfly population structure using mark...probabilities and recover Mitchell's satyr butterfly. INTRODUCTION Mitchell's satyr...
Habitat Use by the Federally Endangered Mitchell's Satyr Butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii) in a Michigan Prairie Fen
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...sedentary nature of the satyrs has serious implications...habitat could enhance satyr populations. To assess...additional information on satyr vagility needs to be...than most other known satyr sites and may not represent...expansive habitat enables the satyrs to fly greater distances...
Satyr song.(The Poet on the Poem)
Magazine article from: The American Poetry Review; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...You, Stanley, are a bronze satyr,' and she whacked my erect...They had never told me I was a satyr. My mother's explanation...heard the Roman languages of satyrs and satires, then Greek, Hebrew...or perhaps because I was a satyr. My mother offered me hers...
Raymond Waddington. Aretino's Satyr: Sexuality, Satire, and Self-Projection in Sixteenth Century Literature and Art.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Italica; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; Raymond Waddington. Aretino's Satyr: Sexuality, Satire, and Self-Projection in Sixteenth...as-prophet portrait, and many variations of the satyr or the silenus (a philosophical satyr), including the phallic-satyr head. In many cases...
Satyr Drama: Tragedy at Play.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2006; 455 words ; 1905125038 Satyr drama; tragedy at play. Ed. by George...scholarship and future directions for research on satyr drama. In addition to the play itself...consider prosatyric drama; fragments of other satyr dramas; the intellectual currents in which...
MITCHELL'S SATYR BUTTERFLY HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN PUBLIC MEETINGS SET FOR MARCH
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/15/2007; 672 words ; ...the federally endangered Mitchell's satyr butterfly during public meetings in early March. The Mitchell's satyr lives in fens or localized wetlands habitats...fens in both states. "The Mitchell's satyr is one of the most imperiled butterflies...
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON MITCHELL'S SATYR BUTTERFLY HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/20/2007; 672 words ; ...the federally endangered Mitchell's satyr butterfly. In southern Michigan and northern Indiana, the Mitchell's satyr lives in fens or localized wetland habitats...imperiled this butterfly. "The Mitchell's satyr is one of the most imperiled butterflies...
Distribution, Population Structure and Habitat Use of the Endangered Saint Francis Satyr Butterfly, Neonympha Mitchellii Francisci
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...ABSTRACT.- The endangered St. Francis Satyr (Neonympha mitchellii francisci) is a...structure. INTRODUCTION St. Francis' satyr, Neonympha mitchellii francisa, is one...considered a subspecies of Mitchell's satyr (N. mitchellii mitchellii), which is...
Satyr Song.(Four Poems)(Poem)
Magazine article from: The American Poetry Review; 7/1/2004; ; 636 words ; ...the public whispered. No one noticed I was in fact a bronze satyr, my goat feet, my tail, my erect penis. I loved confusion...lined up on their knees in white for first communion. A proper satyr, I took half a dozen from behind. The wafers danced on their...