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Satyr play
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The satyr play is a form of Attic theatre performance related to both comedy and tragedy. It preserves theatrical elements of dialogue, actors speaking verse, a chorus that dances and sings, masks and
A drinking cup, c. 490–480 B.C., depicting a maenad and a satyr.
A drinking cup, c. 490–480 B.C., depicting a maenad and a satyr.
Papposilenus – a representation of Silenus as an old man, a stock character in satyr plays. He is playing crotales (cymbals).
Papposilenus – a representation of Silenus as an old man, a stock character in satyr plays. He is playing crotales (cymbals).
Actor as Papposilenus, around 100 AD, after 4th-century BC original
Actor as Papposilenus, around 100 AD, after 4th-century BC original
Polyphemus
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Polyphemus is the one-eyed giant son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes described in Homer's Odyssey. His name can mean either "abounding in songs and legends", "many-voice
Satyr play
…the Hellenistic and Roman eras. The only satyr play to survive in its entirety is Euripides' Cyclops, based on Odysseus' encounter with the cyclops Polyphemus, in Book 9 of the Odyssey. Aeschylus was noted for his satyr plays, the largest fragment of which to have survived being his Dictyulci ('The Net Fishers…
Greek vase painting, archaic or geometric, Polyphemus, Odysseus, AM Argos, Argm 09
Greek vase painting, archaic or geometric, Polyphemus, Odysseus, AM Argos, Argm 09
Greek terracotta figurine, Polyphemos reclining and holding a drinking bowl. Late 5th to early 4th century BC, Boeotia. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Greek terracotta figurine, Polyphemos reclining and holding a drinking bowl. Late 5th to early 4th century BC, Boeotia. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
The blinding of Polyphemus, a reconstruction from the villa of Tiberius at Sperlonga, 1st century AD
The blinding of Polyphemus, a reconstruction from the villa of Tiberius at Sperlonga, 1st century AD
Painting of Odysseus and his men blinding Polyphemus (from Eleusis Amphora by Polyphemos Painter, Eleusis museum)
Painting of Odysseus and his men blinding Polyphemus (from Eleusis Amphora by Polyphemos Painter, Eleusis museum)