Satyr

Fertility spirits of the countryside and wilds. Satyroi were depicted as animalistic men with asinine ears, pug noses, reclining hair-lines, the tails of horses and and are always shown naked

 As companions of Dionysos they were usually shown drinking, dancing, playing flutes and sporting with the Mainades (Maenads).

Statue of an ithyphallic Satyr, Silenus, at Athens Archaeological Museum.
From the sanctuary of Zeus Dodona. Second half of the 6th century B.C.
Corinthian workshop
Date  540-530 B.C.

Height 27 cm

Material: Casting stone combined with pure bronze pieces (phallos and tail)