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satyr play

Noun

Meaning

an ancient Greek burlesque with a chorus of satyrs

Source: WordNet

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The concluding satyr play was The Sphinx. Source: Internet

The Greek theatre was in the open air, on the side of a hill, and performances of a trilogy and satyr play probably lasted most of the day. Source: Internet

The convention on writing plays for the Greek festivals was to submit them in tetralogies of three tragedies along with one satyr play. Source: Internet

The Elizabethan (i.e. 16th-century English) writers thought of satire as related to the notoriously rude, coarse and sharp satyr play. Source: Internet

There is not enough evidence to determine whether the satyr play regularly drew on the same myths as those dramatized in the tragedies that preceded. Source: Internet

The satyr play following this trilogy was titled Amymone, after one of the Danaids. Source: Internet

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