sovay: (I Claudius)
sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote 2009-04-24 05:06 pm (UTC)

Brilliant poem.

Thank you.

And it made me do some research.

Will it lead to a poem?

Do the dancing phersu (is that the plural?)

(Phersur, I think? Several reputable-looking sites tell me the nominative plural is formed by adding -r with preceding vowel where necessary. I have no idea if it's attested.)

look like satyrs to you?

Yes, with their spiky beards. But the Etruscans also depict satyrs in jewelry, bronze, and pottery; they are not the same figures. I don't know if anyone knows what they are, other than their mask. Maybe that's all we need to know.

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