, on an Attic red-figured psykter, ca. 500-490 BC.]]In Greek mythology, satyrs (in Greek, ??????? — Sátyroi) are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus? "satyresses" were a late invention of poets? that roamed the woods and mountains. In mythology they are often associated with sex drive and vase-painters often portrayed them with uncontrollable erections.MythologyTheir chief was called Silenus, a minor deity associated (like Hermes and Priapus) with fertility. These char