| The festival culminated in the production of tragedies, comedies and satyric dramas in the great theatre of Dionysus. |
| The image of the satyr turns him into a buffoon, a lubricious figure, a familiar character in satyric dramas. |
| And here it will be proper to give the definition of the Greek satyric poem from Casaubon, before I leave this subject. |
| The iambic measure then replaced the trochaic tetrameter, which was originally employed when the poetry was of the Satyric order, and had greater affinities with dancing. |
| At the same time special pieces for the traditional tragic chorus were retained, and these received the name of satyric dramas. |
| Suggestions of the animal dance occur in the satyric plays of the Greeks. |
