Σάτυρος

A. γένος οὐτιδανῶν Σατύρων καὶ ἀμηχανοεργῶν Fr. 198.2), cf. X. An. 1.2.13, Paus. 1.23.5, Sch.Theoc. 4.62; of Dionysus himself, AP 9.524; Σατύρων πρόσωπα as ornaments, Lys. Fr. 34.

2. lewd, goatish fellow, Jul. Caes. 309d; βασιλεὺς Σατύρων, of Pericles, Hermipp. 46; σατύρα, ἡ, of a courtesan, Com.Adesp. 1352:—Socrates is called ὅδε ὁ Σ. from his appearance, Pl. Smp. 216c.

3. from their supposed like ness, a kind of tailed ape, Paus. 1.23.5sq., Ael. NA 16.21.

b. a fabulous people in Ethiopia, D.S. 1.18.

4. = ἡ ἔντασις, Hsch.

II. in pl., a play in which the Chorus consisted of Satyrs, Satyric drama, forming the fourth piece of a Tragic tetralogy, ὅταν Σατύρους ποιῇς Ar. Th. 157; ποηταὶ σατύρων SIG 711 L 35 (Delph., ii B.C.); ἐν τοῖς Σ. οὒς Μενέδημον ἐπέγραψεν [Λυκόφρων] D.L. 2.140; ἐν Ὀμφάλῃ Σατύροις Str. 1.3.19. [Σατυρος; so that when the 1st syll. is long, Dor. Τίτυρος (q.v.) should prob. be restored.]