Satyrs Cup

Satyr with pipes and a pipe case hanging on his penis. This cup Nnever actually existed but was created using elements from two different cups. The center figure is fromTondo of an Attic red-figure plate, 520–500 BC. From Vulci.
The elegance of the design tones down the obscenity of the motif and the implicit wordplay between subene, the holster and su binein, "fuck you." The satyrs are often obscene and grotesque.

In Greek mythology, a satyr is one of a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus. In myths they are often associated with pipe-playing.

Satyrs acquired their goat-like aspect through later Roman conflation with Faunus, a carefree Italic nature spirit of similar characteristics and identified with the Greek god Pan. Hence satyrs are most commonly described in Latin literature as having the upper half of a man and the lower half of a goat, with a goat's tail in place of the Greek tradition of horse-tailed satyrs; therefore, satyrs became nearly identical with fauns. Mature satyrs are often depicted in Roman art with goat's horns, while juveniles are often shown with bony nubs on their foreheads.

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