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satyr - use in sentences
Converse of object
- depict: One of the more remarkable intaglios depicts a satyr holding a bunch of grapes, in a silver ring from Weybourne in Norfolk.
Adjective modifier
- female: She is a kind of female satyr, who resides in caves and strangles and perverts men.
- little: The little satyrs have stolen his lance - a joke to show that he is now disarmed.
Modifies a noun
- play: Except in the satyr play, theater seems to eschew naked flesh.
- drama: How did satyr drama relate to comedy and tragedy; how closely was it tied to its tragic trilogy?
Noun used with modifier
- dancing: Hence, perhaps, her pose leaning against a plinth bearing a statuette of a dancing satyr.
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