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Satyr

also known as satyrs, silenus

Definition

A woodland spirit of the Dionysian retinue — half-man, half-beast, embodiment of fertile, intoxicated nature. One of the forms Dionysus himself assumes, drawing the god toward the earth and the Saturn-nature.

Etymology

Greek satyros — of obscure, likely pre-Greek origin.

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