Dancing Satyr Group
Greece, Boeotia · 500–475 BCE · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Part man and part beast, satyrs were mythical woodland creatures. In art, they were depicted with the ears and tail of a goat or horse, sometimes with hooves, and in a high state of sexual arousal. Satyrs often accompanied Dionysus, the god of wine, in his drinking bouts and other escapades. These three probably once decorated the rim of a large punch-bowl-shaped vessel for serving wine. Satyrs, or lustful, drunken woodland gods, are the biggest partiers in ancient Greek mythology.
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- Maker
- Greece, Boeotia
- Date
- 500–475 BCE
- Medium
- painted terracotta
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8.4 x 11 x 5.6 cm (3 5/16 x 4 5/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
- Place of origin
- Greece
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · On view · 102C Greek
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0