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.
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
Cyclops (play)
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Cyclops is an ancient Greek satyr play by Euripides, based closely on an episode from the Odyssey. It is likely to have been the fourth part of a tetralogy presented by Euripides in a dramatic festiva
Satyr play
…time. These plays have been said to be performed well into 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…
Late Classical terracotta figure depicting Polyphemos reclining while drinking a bowl of wine.
Odysseus offering wine to Polyphemus
Theatre of Dionysus