SATYR

Satyr

In Greek mythology, a satyr is one of a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus with goat-like 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 use the Greek term saturos when referring to the Latin faunus, and eventually syncretize 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.

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satyr

Noun

  1. A male companion of Pan or Dionysus with the tail of a horse and a perpetual erection.
  2. A faun.
  3. A lecherous man.
  4. Any of various butterflies of the family Satyridae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
  5. The orangutan.


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