satyric

According to the Vitruvius quote that forms the epigraph of Ms. Mantel’s novel, “There are three kinds of scenes, one called the tragic, second the comic, third the satyric.”

The Cyclops of Euripides is the only extant specimen of a satyric drama.

There were likewise in them representations of eating parties opposite to one another, of tragic, and comic, and satyric animals, having on real clothes.

I know of no satire aimed at Spenser; a singular fate for a great poet: even “satyric Nash” revered the character of the author of “The Faery Queen.”

She catches how, in his satyric appearance — “hooded eyes, shirts unbuttoned to the navel” — Styron seemed to be “telegraphing his other, more private life.”