. The Greek theater and its drama. on which goat-men appear. None of these antedates 450 , Fig. 3 is taken from Furtwangler and Reichhold, Griechische Vasenmalarei,first series, II, Pis. i i-i 2. The membrum virile has been omitted in the reproduction. = Cf. op. cit., I, 696 f. 3 This was originally assembled by Hartwig in Romische Mittheilungen, XII(1897), 89 ff. and Wernicke, op. cil. It is now conveniently summarized by Cook,op. cit., pp. 697 ff. INTRODUCTION 25 SO that it is clear that such figures did not go back to a remoteperiod in Athenian history/ In fact, they can hardly be con-c
. The Greek theater and its drama. on which goat-men appear. None of these antedates 450 , Fig. 3 is taken from Furtwangler and Reichhold, Griechische Vasenmalarei,first series, II, Pis. i i-i 2. The membrum virile has been omitted in the reproduction. = Cf. op. cit., I, 696 f. 3 This was originally assembled by Hartwig in Romische Mittheilungen, XII(1897), 89 ff. and Wernicke, op. cil. It is now conveniently summarized by Cook,op. cit., pp. 697 ff. INTRODUCTION 25 SO that it is clear that such figures did not go back to a remoteperiod in Athenian history/ In fact, they can hardly be con-ceived of as preceding Pratinas introduction of the satyricdrama toward the close of the sixth century. Unfortunatelynone of these vases is inscribed, but the caprine ears, hoofs, horns,and tails scarcely leave room for doubt that these creatures, likesimilar figures of Hellenistic and Roman times, were known assatyrs. With one possible exception (Fig. 9), which will bediscussed presently, these representations also have no direct. M-1 j Fig. 4.—Preparations for a Satyric Drama from a Naples Crater of About 400 See p. 25, n. i relationship to the theater. It would thus appear that fromfirst to last a clear distinction was drawn, outside the sphere oftheatrical influence, between the equine sileni and the caprinesatyrs. Of the vases which may certainly be regarded as representing \scenes from satyric drama the best known and most pretentious Iis a crater in Naples (Fig. 4).^^ This and a crater at DeepdenCwere painted about 400 Somewhat earher are anothercrater at Deepdene, a dinos at Athens (Figs. 5 and 6), and frag-ments of two dinoi at Bonn (Fig. 7).^ The last three are derived Fig. 4 is taken from Baumeister, Denkmaler, Fig. 422. The two craters atDeepdene are illustrated in Cook, op. cit., PI. XXXIX, Figs. 1-2. The three dinoi are discussed by Miss Bieber in Athenische Mitleilungen,XXXVI (1911), 269 ff. and PI. XIII, Figs. 1-3 and PI. XIV, Figs. 1-5. My Fig
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