Editing Satyr (section)

===Physical appearance===
[[File:Satyr goat Met L.2008.51.jpg|thumb|The goat on the left has a short goat tail, but the Greek satyr on the right has a long horse tail, not a goat tail (Attic ceramic, 520 BC).]]

In archaic and classical Greek art, satyrs are shown with the ears and tails of horses.{{sfn|West|2007|page=293}}{{sfn|Hansen|2004|page=279}}{{sfn|Riggs|2014|page=233}} They walk upright on two legs, like human beings.{{sfn|Hansen|2004|page=279}} They are usually shown with bestial faces, snub noses, and manelike hair.{{sfn|Hansen|2004|page=279}} They are often bearded and balding.{{sfn|Fracer|2014|page=326}} Like other Greek nature spirits, satyrs are always depicted nude.{{sfn|Hansen|2004|page=279}} Sometimes they also have the legs of horses,{{sfn|West|2007|page=293}}{{sfn|Hansen|2004|page=279}}{{sfn|Riggs|2014|page=233}}{{sfn|Hansen|2017|page=168}}<ref>Knowles, Elizabeth. The Oxford dictionary of phrase and fable. Oxford University Press,2000.</ref> but, in ancient art, including both vase paintings and in sculptures, satyrs are most often represented with human legs and feet.{{sfn|Riggs|2014|page=233}}{{sfn|March|2014|page=435}}

Satyrs' genitals are always depicted as either erect or at least extremely large.{{sfn|Hansen|2004|page=279}}{{sfn|March|2014|page=435}}{{sfn|Henrichs|1987|page=97}}{{sfn|Stafford|2011|pages=345–346}} Their erect phalli represent their association with wine and women, which were the two major aspects of their god [[Dionysus]]'s domain.{{sfn|Henrichs|1987|page=97}} In some cases, satyrs are portrayed as very human-like, lacking manes or tails.{{sfn|Hansen|2004|page=279}} As time progressed, this became the general trend, with satyrs losing aspects of their original bestial appearance over the course of Greek history and gradually becoming more and more human.{{sfn|Hansen|2004|page=279}} In the most common depictions, satyrs are shown drinking wine, dancing, playing flutes, chasing nymphs, or consorting with Dionysus.{{sfn|Hansen|2004|page=279}}{{sfn|March|2014|page=435}}{{sfn|Fracer|2014|pages=325–328}} They are also frequently shown masturbating or copulating with animals.{{sfn|March|2014|pages=435–436}}{{sfn|Stafford|2011|pages=344–364}} In scenes from ceramic paintings depicting satyrs engaging in orgies, satyrs standing by and watching are often shown masturbating.{{sfn|Stafford|2011|pages=346–347}}