Talk:Satyr play

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The satyrs were goat-men..........

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I've gone through and changed multiple things that are incorrect within this article, most notably the labelling of Satyr plays as 'comedy' (which they were not, they have a basis in tragedy, but the tragedy is exaggerated and warped so as to be funny; but it is very seperate from Greek the comedy of Aristophanes and co, secondly the statement about the chorus (they were ALWAYS Satyrs, that's why they're called 'Satyr Plays') and mythology (You could argue that all tragedy is mythological in some form- only Euripides breaks with it in any significant way, and comedy is absolutely littered with mythology. But in any case, Satyr plays were based on mythological events which are then warped for humour- see the Cyclops) as well as some additional info about their purpose. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.114.182.17 (talk) 18:50, 5 April 2007 (UTC).