Some have said that the SATYRS were not the attendants of Dionysus 2, the god of the vine, but red-haired savages living on certain islands of the Mediterranean sea. Sailors have described them with tails upon their flanks almost as long as those of horses. They said that when these SATYRS caught sight of visitors coming to their island, they ran down to the ship, crying aloud, and coming on board they started to assault the women in the ship. (Read More)