. time. On thecontrary, it is probable that their deformity isdue to traditions handed down from the mostprimitive times when the powers of naturewere conceived in the form of animals of forestsand mountains. The uglier parts of mytho-logy are often passed over by Homer and re-appear in Hesiod. By Hesiod (ap. Strab. ) Satyrs are described as akin to the moun-tain nymphs and the Curetes, and as a good-for-nothing, idle race, By later writers ( v. 7 ; Nonn. Dionys. xiv. 113) they aresaid to be the sons of Hermes and Iphth
. time. On thecontrary, it is probable that their deformity isdue to traditions handed down from the mostprimitive times when the powers of naturewere conceived in the form of animals of forestsand mountains. The uglier parts of mytho-logy are often passed over by Homer and re-appear in Hesiod. By Hesiod (ap. Strab. ) Satyrs are described as akin to the moun-tain nymphs and the Curetes, and as a good-for-nothing, idle race, By later writers ( v. 7 ; Nonn. Dionys. xiv. 113) they aresaid to be the sons of Hermes and Iphthima,or of the Naiads. The Satyrs are representedwith bristly hair, the nose broad and somewhatturned upwards, the ears pointed at the toplike those of animals, with small horns growingout of the top of the forehead, and with a taillike that of a horae or goat. In works of art SATYRUS they are represented at different stages of life ;the older ones were commonly called Sileni,and the younger ones are termed Satyrs are always described as fond of. Satyr and Maenad swinging the infant Dionysus.(From a terra-cotta in the British Museum.) wine (whence they often appear either with acup or a thyrsus in their hand), and of everykind of sensual pleasure, whence they are seensleeping, playing musical instruments, or en-gaged in voluptuous dances with writers, especially the Roman poets, con-found the Satyrs withthe Italian Fauni, andaccordingly both Satyrsand Fauns were repre-sented, like Pan, withhorns and goats feet,although originally theywere quite distinct [, b]. Satyrs usuallyappear with flutes, thethyrsus, syrinx, theshepherds staff, cupsor bags filled with wine;they are dressed withthe skins of animals, andwear wreaths of vine,ivy or fir. The mostcelebrated representa-tion in antiquity wasthe Satyr of Praxitelesat Athens, which ledthe way in represent-ing Satyrs in a lessrepulsive form. In thistype they are youthful,with a wanton or roguishexpress
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