11) Sat'ire (2 syl.). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...Scaliger s derivation of this word from satyr is untenable. It is from sat ura (full of variety), sat ura lanx, a hotchpotch or olla podrida. As max umus, optu mus,...
12) Silenus. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...Greek Mythology A satyr, usually depicted as drunken and jolly, in the entourage of Dionysus. Latin Slnus, from Greek Slnos....
13) 36. Lamia: Part I. Keats, John. 1884. Poetical Works
...UPON a time, before the faery broods Drove Nymph and Satyr from the prosperous woods, Before King Oberon s bright diadem, Sceptre, and mantle, clasp d with dewy gem,...
14) Marsyas. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Marsyas, (mar´ses) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, Phrygian satyr. He found the flute that Athena had invented but had thrown away. He became so skillful with the instrument...
15) 41604. Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:41604 QUOTATION:Around the hero everything turns into a tragedy, around the demigod, a satyr-play, and around God-what? perhaps a "world"? ATTRIBUTION:Friedrich...
16) lecher. Roget s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
...An immoral or licentious man: roué, satyr. Informal : dirty old man. Slang : lech. See SEX....
17) roue. Roget s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
...An immoral or licentious man: lecher, satyr. Informal : dirty old man. Slang : lech. See SEX....
18) lech. Roget s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
...Slang. An immoral or licentious man: lecher, roué, satyr. Informal : dirty old man. See SEX....
19) Pratinas. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(KEY) , fl. c.500 B.C., Greek dithyrambic poet of Phlius, said to have introduced the satyr play into Athens....
20) 1490. William Shakespeare. Hamlet. 1564-1616. Bartlett, John, comp. 1919.
Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
...NUMBER: 1490 AUTHOR: William Shakespeare (1564–1616) QUOTATION: Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother, That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her...
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