Satyrs
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Satyrs the group
these creatures
in the texts
Orations
Mythological woodland companions of Dionysus, invoked as a comparison for the Alexandrians' undisciplined character.
but in other respects you seem to me very like Nymphs and Satyrs.
Symposium
Mythic stage creatures used as a comic comparison for Socrates' looks.
otherwise I should be the ugliest of all the Satyrs ever on the stage.
Now Socrates, as fortune would have it, really resembled these creatures.