Satyrs
Satyrs
The satyrs are major party animals. These little dudes spend most of their time rocking it out with their patron god Pan and the god Dionysus, who invites the satyrs to every one of his wild Bacchanals. Back in the day, the Greeks thought of satyrs as having the ears, tails, and sometimes legs of a horse or donkey. Later on, though, the Romans considered fauns, their versions of satyrs, to be more like Pan, with goat legs, pointy beards, and horns. Whatever they looked like, everybody agrees that what satyrs loved best was to drink, dance, play music, and get it on with every willing (or not-so-willing) nymph who happened to be around. Like we said: party animals.
Basic Information
Name | Satyrs |
Nickname | Some of our most famous: Silenus (god of drunkenness—old, fat, bald, drunk, and always in a good mood) Aristaeus (a god of shepherds) Leneus (an old god of winemaking) Maron (another winemaking god) Komos (a little satyr cupbearer of Dionysus) Krotos (friend of the Muses, invented percussion) Marsyas (invented the flute, got skinned by Apollo) |
Sex | Male |
Current city | The woods |
Work & Education
Occupation | Spirits of Nature and Male Fertility |
Education | Pan's School of Awesome |
Beliefs
Political views | Pro-Zeus |
Family & Friends (& Enemies)
Parents | Silenus is sometimes called the father of the satyrs. |
Siblings | Bunches (and we mean bunches) |
Children | Let's just say it's a good thing for us that nobody can track us down to pay child support… |
Friends | Pan
Dionysus Other satyrs |
Enemies | Argus Panoptes (who killed one of our kind) |
Relationships
Relationship status | Confirmed bachelors |
Interested in | Nymphs, goddesses, humans (we're not really that picky) |
Favorites
Quotations | "I have been so misused by chaste men with one wife that I would live with satyrs all my life." – Anna Wickham "The lust of the goat is the bounty of God." – William Blake "Wine is bottled poetry." – Robert Louis Stevenson "I like girls that drink beer." – Toby Keith "You gotta fight for your right to party!" – The Beastie Boys |
Books | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (We heart Mr. Tumnus.) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov On the Road by Jack Kerouac A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (We think of Puck as an honorary satyr.) "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg "in Just" by e. e. cummings The Call of the Wild by Jack London The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells Lord of the Flies by William Golding The Bacchae by Euripides (Yeah Dionysus, show 'em what's up!) |
Music | Nights of Wine and Roses by Japandroids (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party) by The Beastie Boys I Like Girls That Drink Beer by Toby Keith Wild One by Flo Rida feat. Sia Good Time by Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen Midnight City by M83 Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett, Goon Rock Madness by Muse We Are Never Getting Back Together by Taylor Swift (Does this mean you're available, Taylor?) I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night by Kiss (Absolutely.) |
Movies | Pan's Labyrinth The Hangover (We sympathize.) Sideways Fantasia Satyricon Dazed and Confused Showgirls (Awesome.) Animal House Manos: The Hands of Fate |
TV Shows | Grimm Sons of Anarchy So You Think You Can Dance |
Activities & Interests
Likes | National Forests Jam sessions Napa Valley Burning Man |
Activities | Drinking Partying in the woods Seducing nymphs and young maidens Drinking Sleeping Playing music Um... drinking? |
Interests | Musicology Oenology Dance Studies Nymphology |
Groups | The Intercontinental Brotherhood of Satyrs Wine Enthusiast Nymph Collectors Party Animals The Society for Half-Animal Rights Horse Lovers |