Attribution
The Resting Satyr is traditionally identified as the "satyr periboêtos" mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History XXXIV, 69:
- " a Liber Pater, and a famous Drunkard, and a satyr that the Greeks call periboêtos
- (et Liberum patrum Ebriatem nobilemque una satyrum quem Græci periboeton cognominant)
Since Winckelmann this word has traditionally been translated as "famous". This celebrity explains the large number of examples of this type, one of the most popular in the Mediterranean - just under 115 have been found, including 15 from Rome, 4 from North Africa, 8 from Greece, two from Spain and one from Gaul.
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