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satyr play

noun

  1. a burlesque or ribald drama having a chorus of satyrs, usually written by a poet to follow the poet's trilogy of tragedies presented at the Dionysian festival in ancient Greece.


satyr play

noun

  1. (in ancient Greek drama) a ribald play with a chorus of satyrs, presented at the Dionysian festival
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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It was the satyr play, he argued, that gave Greeks the "metaphysical solace that, despite every phenomenal change, life is at bottom indestructibly joyous and powerful".

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