Satyr Plays: These short plays were performed between the acts of tragedies and made fun of the plight of the tragedy's characters. The satyrs were mythical half-human, half-goat figures and ...

King Midas was the ruler of Phrygia. One day, Midas found a satyr - a creature with the body of a man and legs of a goat - in need of help. So Midas took the satyr home and looked after him.

Instead, they were created as an iconographic element, probably based on satyr plays and ancient dance ... tail of a horse but with the body of a man. The legs are either human legs or horse ...