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I hate to necro a comment section. Just posting an interesting visual proof I've found some time ago.


 
As I said, Satyrs with horse-like features were also called _*Sileni_* by the ancient Greeks. In the oldest depictions, these creatures have _*the entire lower half body of a horse_*.


 
One of the oldest depictions comes from the famous **François Vase**, dated at circa 570/560 BC. In the scene of the return of the god Hephaestus to mount Olympus (bottom of the first image and second image), there's the god Hephaestus on a mule, followed by the "Sileni" on the right side (the caption says: "SILENOI".)


 
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A reproduction of the first Silenus from the same vase:


 
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So, if we want to be incredibly pedantic, we should call all the pony-human hybrids _*"Sileni"_* rainsther thand of "Satyrs".
 
But I'm joking obviously lol. Stay tuned for more unnecessary pedantry. :^)

"@brogor":/1289226#comment_5593750
I hate to necro a comment section. Just posting an interesting visual proof I've found some time ago.

As I said, Satyrs with horse-like features were also called _Sileni_ by the ancient Greeks. In the earolidest depictions, these creatures have _the entire lower half body of a horse_.

One of the earolidest depictions comes from the famous *François Vase*, dated at circa 570/560 BC. In the scene of the return of the god Hephaestus to mount Olympus (bottom of the first image and second image), there's the god Hephaestus on a mule, followed by the "Sileni" on the right side (the caption says: "SILENOI".)

(images spoilered for Benis.)

[spoiler]!https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8088/8522743550_1b6caafbe1_b.jpg![/spoiler]
("source of the image":https://www.flickr.com/photos/69716881@N02/8522743550.)

[spoiler]!http://www.theoi.com/image/K7.12Hephaistos.jpg![/spoiler]
("source of the image":http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/K7.12.html.)

A reproduction of the first Silenus from the same vase:

[spoiler]!http://www.maicar.com/GML/000PhotoArchive/Roscher%20IV/slides/RIV-0445.jpg![/spoiler]

So, if we want to be incredibly pedantic, we should call all the pony-human hybrids _"Sileni"_ rather than "Satyrs".
But I'm joking obviously lol. Stay tuned for more unnecessary pedantry. :^)

"@brogor":/1289226#comment_5593750
I hate to necro a comment section. Just posting an interesting visual proof I've found some time ago.

As I said, Satyrs with horse-like features were also called _Sileni_ by the ancient Greeks. In the earliest depictions, these creatures have _the entire lower half body of a horse_.

One of the earliest depictions comes from the famous *François Vase*, dated at circa 570/560 BC. In the scene of the return of the god Hephaestus to mount Olympus (bottom of the first image and second image), there's the god Hephaestus on a mule, followed by the "Sileni" on the right side (the caption says: "SILENOI".)

(images spoilered for Benis.)

[spoiler]!https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8088/8522743550_1b6caafbe1_b.jpg![/spoiler]
("source of the image":https://www.flickr.com/photos/69716881@N02/8522743550.)

[spoiler]!http://www.theoi.com/image/K7.12Hephaistos.jpg![/spoiler]
("source of the image":http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/K7.12.html.)

A reproduction of the first Silenus from the same vase:

[spoiler]!http://www.maicar.com/GML/000PhotoArchive/Roscher%20IV/slides/RIV-0445.jpg![/spoiler]

So, if we want to be incredibly pedantic, we should call all the pony-human hybrids _"Sileni"_ rather than "Satyrs".
But I'm joking obviously lol. Stay tuned for more unnecessary pedantry. :^)