In Greek mythology , wild woodland creatures that are part man and part beast, the bestial part being represented as the legs of a goat or horse.
From the 5th century BC, the name Silenus was applied to the foster father and tutor of Dionysus . Satyrs and sileni are depicted in art and literature in the company of nymphs , whom they constantly pursue. Praxiteles' sculptures represented a new artistic type in which the satyr was young and handsome.