To: u-89
My Oxford Classical Dictionary suggests that satyrs all have hooves, sometimes cloven, while this figure appears to be fully human (have I overlooked something?). Regardless, it's a lovely thing, and would make a spectacular addition to any MVSEVM's collection.
25 posted on
04/02/2003 9:44:18 AM PST by
Romulus
To: Romulus
It's hard to see from the picture but it looks like the ears are pointed. Also the leaping type of dancing pose is typical of the subject. My dictionaries on Roman and Greek religion say as you suggest that satyrs are half goat while in my art books there are sculptures, wall paintings and mosaics that depict things like the above sculpture labeled as satyrs or fauns. Apparently the dictionaries do not account for every type of depiction. There appears to be variations. Somehow I will have to get to the bottom of this.
26 posted on
04/02/2003 10:19:53 AM PST by
u-89
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