Satyrs - demons of nature who appear in Dionysus'
train. They had appearance of half men (the upper part) and half animals
(either horse or goat for lower part). They are often depicted as drinking
wine, dancing, chasing Nymphs. Marsyas
was a Satyr.
See: Albrecht Altdorfer Landscape
with Satyr Family.
Pietro Perugino. Apollo
and Marsyas. Raphael
Apollo
and Marsyas;
Titian
The
Flaying of Marsyas.
Silenus - a general term applied to old
Satyr. But it
is also a name of a character who had brought up Dionysus,
Greek
Olympian god of wine. Silenus usually described as ugly, with snub nose,
thick lips, gaze of a bull, and very fat. He is often drunk.
See: Karl Brulloff Silen,
Satyr and Bacchanals.
Anthony van Dyck Silenus
Drunk.