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Amymone was a daughter of Danaus. She and her sisters were sent to search for water when Poseidon caused a drought in the district of Argos. Whilst searching she threw a spear at a dear, missed it and hit a satyr which pursued her. She called to Poseidon for help. He came, drove off the satyr and produced a perennial spring for her at Lerna, where he met her.
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In Greek mythology, Antiope was a daughter of Nycteus, King of Thebes. Zeus was attracted by her beauty and came to her in the guise of a Satyr. Antiope conceived twins by Zeus, and scared of her father's wrath fled to Sicyon where she married King Epopeus. Antiope was the goddess of the new moon, the gad-fly dance and fecundity; Mother of the morning and evening star.
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In Greek mythology, Marsyas was a satyr who took up the pipes thrown down by the goddess Athena and challenged the god Apollo to a musical contest. On losing, he was flayed alive.
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The satyrs were attendants to the god Dionysus.
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Silenius was the oldest satyr.
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HMS Satyr was a British Sealion Class submarine of 715 tons displacement launched during the early 1940's. HMS Satyr was armed with one 3-inch gun; one 20 mm anti-aircraft gun; three machine-guns; six 21-inch torpedo tubes in the bow and one external 21 inch torpedo tube. She had a top speed of 14.5 knots surfaced and 10 knots submerged, could crash dive in 30 seconds and carried a complement of 44.
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In architecture a term is a quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, such as of a man, woman, or a satyr. This figure being called the terminal figure. The pillar part of a
term frequently tapers downward, or is narrowest at the base. Terms rudely carved were formerly used for landmarks or boundaries.
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