satyric

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A frieze eight cubits high was composed of niches containing groups of tragic, comic, and Satyric figures “in their natural garb;” and nymphs and golden tripods from Delphi.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

After this period it became customary to exhibit dramas in TETRALOGIES, or sets of four; namely, a tragic trilogy, or series of three tragedies, followed by a Satyric play.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

But the complete type was refined away during the fifth century; and one stage in the process produced a play with a normal chorus but with one figure of the Satyric or "revelling" type.

From Alcestis by Murray, Gilbert

The Dorian Pratinas, a native of Philius, but who exhibited his tragedies at Athens, introduced an improvement in tragedy by separating the Satyric from the tragic drama.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

He is the Satyric genius we spoke of anon: he cracks his jokes still, for satire must live; but he is combed, washed, neatly clothed, and perfectly presentable.

From John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character by Thackeray, William Makepeace