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TITLE OF WORK: Dancing Satyr Group. Painted terracotta figurines from Boeotia

TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, figurine, terracotta painted

DATE: -487

DATE DETAILS: BC approx.

DIMENSIONS: 8.4 x 11 x 5.6 cm

COMMENTS: Part man and part beast, satyrs were mythical woodland creatures. In art, they were depicted with the ears and tail of a goat or horse, sometimes with hooves, and in a high state of sexual arousal. Sa

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Boeotia

KEYWORDS: Satyr