Satyrs and Silens - Mythopedia Satyrs and silens were hybrid creatures—part human and part horse—who served as companions of the wine god Dionysus They lived in the forest, where they gained a reputation for revelry and for chasing after beautiful nymphs and Maenads
Silenus - Mythopedia Silenus was the oldest, wisest, and wildest of the satyrs (or silens)—half-human, half-animal creatures in Dionysus’ drunken band of revelers Silenus was sometimes said to have been the tutor of the young Dionysus
Marsyas – Mythopedia Marsyas was a satyr who roamed the woodlands of Phrygia A virtuoso of the panpipes, he foolishly challenged Apollo, the god of music himself, to a music contest Upon being defeated, Marsyas was flayed alive for his hubris
Ampelus - Mythopedia Ampelus could be described as either a satyr or a silen; the terms were generally interchangeable in ancient Greece He was said to have lived somewhere in the wild lands to the east of Greece, either in Thrace (on the hills of Ismarus) [2] or in Phrygia
Centaurs - Mythopedia One was born to the Naiad daughters of the River Lamus These Naiads had made the mistake of nursing Zeus’ bastard son Dionysus, thus incurring the wrath of Zeus’ wife Hera Hera transformed the daughters of Lamus into creatures with cow horns, shaggy hair, and tails (a kind of cross between a Centaur and a satyr or silen)