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In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek mythology], a '''satyr''' (UK /ˈsætə/, US /ˈseɪtər/, Greek σάτυρος satyros, is one of a troop of male [[companions]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god) Pan] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Dionysus] with goat-like (caprine) features, including a goat-tail, goat-like ears, and sometimes a goat-like phallus. In Roman Mythology there is a similar concept with goat-like features, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faun faun] being half-man, half-goat. Greek-speaking Romans often used the Greek term ''saturos'' when referring to the Latin ''faunus'', and eventually syncretized the two. The female "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyress Satyresses]" were a late invention of [[poets]] — that roamed the woods and mountains. In myths they are often associated with pipe-playing.

In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek mythology], a '''satyr''' (UK /ˈsætə/, US /ˈseɪtər/, Greek σάτυρος satyros, is one of a troop of male [[companions]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god) Pan] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Dionysus] with goat-like (caprine) features, including a goat-tail, goat-like ears, and sometimes a goat-like phallus. In Roman Mythology there is a similar concept with goat-like features, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faun faun] being half-man, half-goat. Greek-speaking Romans often used the Greek term ''saturos'' when referring to the Latin ''faunus'', and eventually syncretized the two. The female "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyress Satyresses]" were a late invention of [[poets]] — that roamed the woods and mountains. In myths they are often associated with pipe-playing.

The ''satyrs''' chief was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silenus Silenus], a minor deity associated (like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes Hermes] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priapus Priapus]) with [[fertility]]. These characters can be found in the only complete remaining ''satyr'' play, Cyclops, by Euripides, and the fragments of Sophocles' Ichneutae (Tracking Satyrs). The satyr play was a short, lighthearted tailpiece performed after each trilogy of [[tragedies]] in Athenian festivals honoring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Dionysus]. There is not enough [[evidence]] to determine whether the [[satyr]] play regularly drew on the same [[myths]] as those dramatized in the tragedies that preceded. The groundbreaking tragic playwright [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus Aeschylus] is said to have been especially loved for his satyr plays, but none of them have survived.

The ''satyrs''' chief was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silenus Silenus], a minor deity associated (like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes Hermes] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priapus Priapus]) with [[fertility]]. These characters can be found in the only complete remaining ''satyr'' play, Cyclops, by Euripides, and the fragments of Sophocles' Ichneutae (Tracking Satyrs). The satyr play was a short, lighthearted tailpiece performed after each trilogy of [[tragedies]] in Athenian festivals honoring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Dionysus]. There is not enough [[evidence]] to determine whether the satyr play regularly drew on the same [[myths]] as those dramatized in the tragedies that preceded. The groundbreaking tragic playwright [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus Aeschylus] is said to have been especially loved for his satyr plays, but none of them have survived.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery_of_ancient_Greece Attic painted vases] depict mature satyrs as being strongly built with flat noses, large pointed ears, long curly hair, and full beards, with wreaths of vine or ivy circling their balding heads. Satyrs often carry the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyrsus thyrsus]: the rod of Dionysus tipped with a pine cone.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery_of_ancient_Greece Attic painted vases] depict mature satyrs as being strongly built with flat noses, large pointed ears, long curly hair, and full beards, with wreaths of vine or ivy circling their balding heads. Satyrs often carry the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyrsus thyrsus]: the rod of Dionysus tipped with a pine cone.