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Satyr Museum.

It is 2 meters high (6 ft 6 in); originally it would have been about 2.4 meters
It was recovered from the sea floor off Sicily in 1998, 480 m underwater. Though some have dated it to the 4th century BCE and said it was an original work by Praxiteles or a faithful copy, dated either to the Hellenistic period of the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE, or possibly to the Roman "Atticising" phase in the early 2nd century CE.

Half-human, half-beast, a forest deity endowed with a cheerful and licentious nature, spends all its time in drunkenness and chasing nymphs. Satyrs had a particular passion for music and dance, which they indulged in after a few sips of wine. Interestingly, according to mythology, it was the satyrs who first prepared the intoxicating beverage from grapevine clusters.

The found statue had all the hallmarks of a fantastical satyr: pointed ears, a hole in the lower back for attaching a tail, a frozen dynamic pose of rapid dance, and expressive facial expressions of a mood intoxicated by wine. For a satyr, one of the distinctive features is an unnaturally tilted head to the side – a sign of inebriation, madness, and ecstasy during dances. This established image of the Satyr is embodied in numerous paintings, bas-reliefs, and sculptures during the height of the cult of the wine-making god, which lasted about five centuries.

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