Satyrus Explained

Satyrus or Satyros may refer to:

People

• Satyrus, a 5th-century BC Greek political figure, instrumental in the downfall of Cleophon
• Satyros I, also known as Satyrus, a ruler of Cimmerian Bosporus from 432 to 389 BC
• Satyros, a 4th-century BC architect who co-designed the Mausoleum of Mausolus
• Satyrus, a 4th-century BC actor who conversed with Demosthenes
• Satyrus, a 4th-century BC ruler of Heraclea, brother of Clearchus and uncle of Timotheus
• Satyrus the Peripatetic, a 3rd-century BC Greek philosopher and historian
• Satyrus of Milan, a 4th-century AD saint
• Satyrus of Arezzo, a 4th-century AD saint

Other uses

• Satyrus (ape), a species of ape described in some medieval bestiaries
• Satyrus (butterfly), a genus of butterflies
• Satyrus, one of three Short Kent aircraft that were built

See also

• Satyr
• Simia satyrus, the original scientific classification of the orangutan