Talos Artifacts Satyr Ceramic Statue - Museum Replica Item - Ancient Greek Mythology - Silenus

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About Talos Artifacts Satyr Ceramic Statue - Museum

In Greek mythology, a satyr is one of a troop of male companions of Pan and 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 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 "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 Silenus, a minor deity associated (like Hermes and 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 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. It was made in Greece, stands 6.5 cm width, 13 cm high and weighs approximately 420 g. Details: Condition: New, Handmade in Greece. Material: Ceramic Height: 13cm (5.1") Width: 6.5cm (2.5") Weight: 420g