Satyrs and nymphs

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English: In Greek mythology, satyrs (in Ancient Greek: Σάτυροι — Sátyroi) are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus that roamed the woods and mountains. In mythology they are often associated with male sex drive and many artists have portrayed them with erections. Satyrs acquired their goat-like aspect through later conflation with the Roman Faunus, a carefree nature spirit of similar temperament. Satyrs are described as roguish but faint-hearted folk — subversive and dangerous, yet shy and cowardly. As Dionysiac creatures they are lovers of wine, women and boys, and are ready for every physical pleasure. They love to dance with the nymphs with whom they are obsessed and whom they often pursue.

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Maenad and satyr. Side A from an Attic red-figure Nikosthenic amphora, ca. 525–515 BC.

Satyr and maenad, ca. 510 BC–500 BC

Ancient Greek coins. Satyr and nymph (500-463 BC)

Drunk cavorting satyr. Detail from an Attic red-figured psykter, ca. 500-490 BC

Tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, 460–450 BC

Two satyrs and a maenad. 380–370 BC

Two satyrs and a nymph cortege. Attica, 2nd century BC

Menade e satiro. Dettaglio dal "Mosaico delle Stagioni", di epoca romana, da Palermo

A naked satyr with a maenad wearing a transparent chiton ca. 40–30 BC.

Lambert Hopfer (fl. 1520-30): Ornamental fillet with male and female satyrs, grotesques

Augustin Hirschvogel: Struggle between a Satyr and a Woman. 1545

Annibale Carracci: Nymph and satyr (or Bachantin)

Agostino Carracci (1557 - 1602), Satyr et Nymphe

Angelo Bronzino: Venus, Cupido and Satyr

Sebald Beham: Ornament with two satyrs and a nymph (see description :-))

François Clouet: Bad der Diana, 1558

Peter Paul Rubens: Diana und die Nymphen, von Faunen überrascht

Peter Paul Rubens : Bacchanal, 1. Hälfte 17. Jh

Peter Paul Rubens: Nymphen, Satyrn und Hunde, 1. Hälfte 17. Jh

Jacob Jordaens: Satyr and Girl with a Basket of Fruit

Sebastiano Ricci: Sleeping nymph, watched bytwo satyrs, 1712-1716

Antoine Watteau: Jupiter und Antiope (Satyr und schlafende Nymphe)

Nicolas Poussin:Nymphes et satyres

Claude Lorrain: Landscape with Dancing Satyrs and Nymphs

Jean-François de Troy. Satyr with Pan and Syrinx

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe: Waldstück mit knorriger Eiche (Satyr entfuehrt Nymphe), Etching, c. 1800

Alexandre Cabanel: Nymphe et Satyr, 1860

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - Ninfas y Sátiro (1873)

Franz von Stuck: Fangspiel (Faun und Nymphe), c. 1904

Franz von Stuck: Faun with a mermaid

Wilhelm Neumann-Torborg, Faun und Nymphe

Armand Rassenfosse: Ex Libris E. R., 1921
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