Sex and violence dominated the entertainments of the ancient Greeks, as we can see from depictions on the terra-cotta vessels in “The Art of Ancient Greek Theater” through Jan. 3 at the Getty ...

Pottery shards and stone artifacts ... with five tombs being found in the vicinity of the satyr mosaic alone. According to the Greek ministry, the mosaic is currently under supervision of a ...

ROME: A bronze statue of a dancing Greek satyr, which is believed to be 2,400 years old, went on display here on Monday amid controversy over what it is worth and who it really belongs to.

Greek Ministry of Culture While building a water line, construction workers in Greece discovered an ancient mosaic depicting a pair of satyrs: mythical hybrid man-animal spirits of nature.

Today we're going to look at how Greek comedy evolved out of those tragedies, first as Satyr plays, and later as full-blown comedies. This week, we're diving head first into Greek Comedy.

The Met’s kylix was created during the golden age of Greek pottery, a period from about ... sports and the erotic encounters of humans, satyrs and gods. The Greeks used the cups, made from ...

The three genres of drama were comedy, satyr plays, and most important of all, tragedy. Comedy: The first comedies were mainly satirical and mocked men in power for their vanity and foolishness.