Satyrus
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- Satyrus (ape)Satyrus (ape)Satyrus is a species of ape described in some medieval bestiaries. It is said to always give birth to twins. Of these twins, it hates one, but loves the other, just as the callitrix, cericopithicus and cynocephalus apes of medieval bestiaries. The ape is also described as lively and has a pleasant...
, a legendary creature - Satyrus (genus)Satyrus (genus)Satyrus is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The species in the genus Satyrus occur in Europe and North Africa.-Species:*Satyrus actaea *Satyrus ferula...
, a genus of butterflies - Simia satyrus, the original scientific classification of the orangutan
- Satyrus, one of three Short KentShort KentThe Short S.17 Kent was a British four-engined 15-seat biplane luxury flying boat airliner, designed and built by Shorts to meet a requirement from Imperial Airways for an aircraft with greater range than the Short Calcutta....
aircraft that were built
People
- Saint Satyrus of Milan, a 4th-century AD saint
- Saint Satyrus of Arezzo, a 4th-century AD saint
- Satyrus the PeripateticSatyrus the PeripateticSatyrus of Callatis was a distinguished peripatetic philosopher and historian, whose biographies of famous people are frequently referred to by Diogenes Laërtius and Athenaeus. He came from Callatis Pontica, as we learn from a Herculaneum papyrus...
, a 3rd-century BC Greek philosopher and historian - SatyrosSatyrosSatyros or Satyrus was an Greek architect in the 4th century BC. Along with Pythius of Priene, he designed and oversaw the construction of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus....
, a 4th-century BC architect who co-designed the Mausoleum of Mausallos - Satyrus, a 4th-century BC actor who conversed with DemosthenesDemosthenesDemosthenes was a prominent Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide an insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece during the 4th century BC. Demosthenes learned rhetoric by...
- Satyrus, a 4th-century BC ruler of Heracleaa, brother of Clearchus and uncle of TimotheusTimotheus of HeracleaTimotheus was son of Clearchus, the tyrant of Heraclea on the Euxine . After the death of his father in 353 BC, he succeeded to the sovereignty, under the guardianship, at first, of his uncle Satyrus, and held the rule for fifteen years...
- Satyrus of BosporusSatyrus of BosporusSatyrus was the ruler of the Bosporan Kingdom in 431 - 387 BC. He established his rule over the whole district of Maeotae, adding Nymphaeum to his dominions and laying siege to Theodosia, which was a serious commercial rival because of its ice-free port and proximity to the grain fields of eastern...
, a ruler of Cimmerian Bosporus from 431-387 BC - Satyrus, a 5th-century BC Greek political figure, instrumental in the downfall of Cleophon