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2. Maenad - Wikipedia

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   Maenad and satyr. Ancient Greek kylix by Makron, 490-480 BC. Staatliche Antikensammlungen München Kat. 94. The term "maenads" also refers to women in mythology who resisted the worship of Dionysus and were driven mad by him, forced against their will to participate in often horrific rites.

3. Satyr play - Wikipedia

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   A drinking cup, c. 490–480 B.C., depicting a maenad and a satyr.. The satyr play is a form of Attic theatre performance related to both comedy and tragedy.It preserves theatrical elements of dialogue, actors speaking verse, a chorus that dances and sings, masks and costumes.

4. Satyr - Wikipedia

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   In Greek mythology, a satyr [a] (Ancient Greek: σάτυρος, romanized: sátyros, pronounced), also known as a silenus [b] or silenos (Ancient Greek: σειληνός, romanized: seilēnós [seːlɛːnós]), and sileni (plural), is a male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse, as well as a permanent, exaggerated erection.

5. Antiope (mother of Amphion) - Wikipedia

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   A.B. Cook noted that her myth "took on a Dionysiac colouring, Antiope being represented as a Maenad and Zeus as a Satyr". [5] This is the sole mythic episode in which Zeus transforms into a satyr. Being pregnant with Zeus's child, Antiope feared the wrath of her father, Nycteus, and fled to Sicyon , where she married Epopeus. [ 6 ]

6. Athenian Band Cup by the Oakeshott Painter (MET 17.230.5)

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   Furthermore, the outwardly facing satyr invites the viewer to become a participant in the scene of dancing maenads, which were similar to girls who could be seen dancing at a party. [3] The gaze of the outwardly facing figure is a classic example of breaking the fourth wall , and the gaze often urges the viewer to share the figure's emotion.

7. Marsyas - Wikipedia

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   Marsyas receiving Apollo's punishment, İstanbul Archaeology Museum. In Greek mythology, the satyr Marsyas (/ ˈ m ɑːr s i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Μαρσύας) is a central figure in two stories involving music: in one, he picked up the double oboe that had been abandoned by Athena and played it; [1] [2] in the other, he challenged Apollo to a contest of music and lost his hide and life.

8. Sparagmos - Wikipedia

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   An "unspoken" sparagmos may have been the central element underlying the very genre of Greek tragedy. [1] [2] Maenads and Pentheus, House of the VettiiSparagmos (Ancient Greek: σπαραγμός, from σπαράσσω sparasso, "tear, rend, pull to pieces") is an act of rending, tearing apart, or mangling, [3] usually in a Dionysian context.

9. List of satyrs in popular culture - Wikipedia

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   Satyr is one of many species of mutated creatures found on Earth in Roger Zelazny's 1966 Hugo award winning novel This Immortal. Satyrs appear in the Italian fairy tale Costanza / Costanzo by Giovanni Francesco Straparola. The protagonist, Costanzo, catches a satyr for the king. The satyr is able to reveal Costanzo's true identity as a woman.