Get to know Satyr better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like lech or pervert.
Satyr meaning
- A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.
- Synonym of faun.
- A lecherous man.
Synonyms of Satyr
Using Satyr
- The main meaning on this page is: A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection. | Synonym of faun. | A lecherous man.
- Useful related words include: lecher, lech, letch, pervert.
- In the example corpus, satyr often appears in combinations such as: the satyr, satyr play, satyr plays.
Context around Satyr
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 4 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Satyr
- In this selection, "satyr" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, baby, musical, hellenistic, play, plays and outside stand out and add context to how "satyr" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a baby satyr outside ancient and a new satyr discussing the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "satyr" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with satyr
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Public sex between a nymph and Satyr. (7 words)
The concluding satyr play was The Sphinx. (7 words)
Praxiteles gives a new direction to the satyr in art. (10 words)
Above all, the Satyr with flute shows the deep connection with nature, the soft whistle of the wind, the sound of gurgling water, of the crystal spring, the birds singing, or perhaps the melody of a human soul that feeds higher feelings. (42 words)
In the painted scenes, the padded dancers and phallic figures of the Dionysan throng leading the mule show that the procession was a part of the dithyrambic celebrations that were the forerunners of the satyr plays of fifth century Athens. (40 words)
Satyr on a mountain goat, drinking with women, in a Gandhara relief of 2nd-4th century CE In Greek mythology and art This Hellenistic satyr wears a rustic perizoma (loincloth) and carries a pedum (shepherd's crook). (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
A prominent instance of a baby satyr outside ancient Greece is Albrecht Dürer 's 1505 engraving, "Musical Satyr and Nymph with Baby (Satyr's Family)".
Baby satyr Baby satyrs, or child satyrs, are mythological creatures related to the satyr.
Satyr on a mountain goat, drinking with women, in a Gandhara relief of 2nd-4th century CE In Greek mythology and art This Hellenistic satyr wears a rustic perizoma (loincloth) and carries a pedum (shepherd's crook).
Though there's no monster to battle, the episode dives deeper into Grover's () life, introducing a new satyr discussing the search for Pan.
The single-vehicle crash happened at Cromwell Bridge and Satyr Hill roads.
Above all, the Satyr with flute shows the deep connection with nature, the soft whistle of the wind, the sound of gurgling water, of the crystal spring, the birds singing, or perhaps the melody of a human soul that feeds higher feelings.
In it, Michelangelo's Medici tombs inspire the anti-architectural "architectural" features at the top, the papery pierced frame, the satyr nudes at the base.
In the painted scenes, the padded dancers and phallic figures of the Dionysan throng leading the mule show that the procession was a part of the dithyrambic celebrations that were the forerunners of the satyr plays of fifth century Athens.
Marsyas Marsyas under Apollo's punishment, İstanbul Archaeology Museum Apollo has ominous aspects aside from his plague-bringing, death-dealing arrows: Marsyas was a satyr who challenged Apollo to a contest of music.
Mazara made national news in March 1998, when a bronze statue called the Dancing Satyr (Satiro Danzante) was found off the port, at a depth of convert in the Strait of Sicily by a local fishing boat.
Praxiteles gives a new direction to the satyr in art.
Public sex between a nymph and Satyr.
Silenus appears as an amorous satyr in the children's story "Odysseus in the Serpent Maze," by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris.
The comic satyr plays that follow his trilogies also drew upon stories derived from myths.
The concluding satyr play was The Sphinx.
The convention on writing plays for the Greek festivals was to submit them in tetralogies of three tragedies along with one satyr play.
The Elizabethan (i.e. 16th-century English) writers thought of satire as related to the notoriously rude, coarse and sharp satyr play.
The few extant fragments of satyr-plays attributed to Aeschylus and Sophocles indicate that these were a loosely structured, simple and jovial form of entertainment.
The goat on the left has a short goat tail, but the Greek satyr on the right has a long horse tail, not a goat tail (Attic ceramic, 520 BC).
The Greek theatre was in the open air, on the side of a hill, and performances of a trilogy and satyr play probably lasted most of the day.
Common combinations with satyr
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the satyr 8×
- satyr play 6×
- satyr plays 4×
- baby satyr 3×
- and satyr 3×
- satyr on 2×
- satyr in 2×