| Satyrs - demons of nature who appear in Dionysus' train. They had appearance
of half men (the upper part) and half animals (either horse or goat for
lower part). They are often depicted as drinking wine, dancing, chasing
Nymphs. Marsyas was a Satyr.
Silenus - a general term applied to old Satyr. But it is also a name
of a character who had brought up Dionysus, Greek Olympian god of wine.
Silenus usually described as ugly, with snub nose, thick lips, gaze of
a bull, and very fat. He is often drunk. |