Săty̆ri

, demigods of the country, whose origin is unknown. They are represented like men, but with the feet and the legs of goats, short horns on the head, and the whole body covered with thick hair. They chiefly attended upon Bacchus, and rendered themselves known in his orgies by their riot and lasciviousne . The first fruits of everything were generally offered to them. The Romans promiscuously called them Fauni , Panes , and Sylvani . It is said that a Satyr was brought to Sylla as that general returned from The aly. The monster had been surprised asleep in a cave; but his voice was inarticulate when brought into the presence of the Roman general, and Sylla was so disgusted with it, that he ordered it to be instantly removed. The monster answered in every degree the description which the poets and painters have given of the Satyrs. Pausanias , bk. 1 , ch. 23 .— Plutarch , Sulla .— Virgil , eclogue 5, li. 13 .— Ovid , Heroides , poem 4, li. 171 .