the Satyrs

Reading notes

• The Art of Poetry §220-233 Satyrs

  Half-goat woodland followers of Bacchus; the chorus of the satyr-play that lightened the mood after a tragic trilogy.

• The Odes §1.1 Satyrs

  Woodland spirits, companions of Bacchus and the Nymphs.

• The Odes §2.19 Satyrs

  The 'goat-footed' woodland spirits of Bacchus' train, ears pricked to the song.

• The Epistles §1.19 Satyrs

  Woodland spirits, half-man and half-goat, companions of Bacchus and the Nymphs.