Satyrs and nymphs

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.

Gallery

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  Maenad and satyr. Side A from an Attic red-figure Nikosthenic amphora, ca. 525–515 BC.
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  Satyr and maenad, ca. 510 BC–500 BC
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  Ancient Greek coins. Satyr and nymph (500-463 BC)
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  Drunk cavorting satyr. Detail from an Attic red-figured psykter, ca. 500-490 BC
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  Tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, 460–450 BC
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  Two satyrs and a maenad. 380–370 BC
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  Two satyrs and a nymph cortege. Attica, 2nd century BC
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  Menade e satiro. Dettaglio dal "Mosaico delle Stagioni", di epoca romana, da Palermo
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  A naked satyr with a maenad wearing a transparent chiton ca. 40–30 BC.
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  Lambert Hopfer (fl. 1520-30): Ornamental fillet with male and female satyrs, grotesques
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  Augustin Hirschvogel: Struggle between a Satyr and a Woman. 1545
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  Annibale Carracci: Nymph and satyr (or Bachantin)
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  Agostino Carracci (1557 - 1602), Satyr et Nymphe
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  Angelo Bronzino: Venus, Cupido and Satyr
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  Sebald Beham: Ornament with two satyrs and a nymph (see description)
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  François Clouet: Bad der Diana, 1558
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  Peter Paul Rubens: Diana und die Nymphen, von Faunen überrascht
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  Peter Paul Rubens : Bacchanal, 1. Hälfte 17. Jh
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  Peter Paul Rubens: Nymphen, Satyrn und Hunde, 1. Hälfte 17. Jh
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  Jacob Jordaens: Satyr and Girl with a Basket of Fruit
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  Sebastiano Ricci: Sleeping nymph, watched by two satyrs, 1712-1716
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  Antoine Watteau: Jupiter und Antiope (Satyr und schlafende Nymphe)
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  Nicolas Poussin:Nymphes et satyres
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  Claude Lorrain: Landscape with Dancing Satyrs and Nymphs
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  Jean-François de Troy. Satyr with Pan and Syrinx
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  Carl Wilhelm Kolbe: Waldstück mit knorriger Eiche (Satyr entfuehrt Nymphe), Etching, c. 1800
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  William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) - Ninfas y Sátiro (1873)
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  Franz von Stuck: Fangspiel (Faun und Nymphe), c. 1904
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  Franz von Stuck: Faun with a mermaid
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  Wilhelm Neumann-Torborg, Faun und Nymphe
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  Armand Rassenfosse: Ex Libris E. R., 1921