Satyr - Varieties

Varieties

• Island Satyrs, which according to Pausanias were a savage race of red-haired, satyr-like creatures from an isolated island chain.
• Libyan Aegipanes (goat-pans), which according to Pliny the Elder lived in Libya, had human heads and torsos, and the legs and horns of goats, and were similar to the Greek god Pan.
• Libyan Satyr, which according to Pliny the Elder lived in Libya and resembled humans with long, pointed ears and horse tails, similar to the Greek nature-spirit satyrs.

Medieval bestiaries also mention several varieties of satyrs, sometimes comparing them to apes or monkeys.