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satyr plays

satyr plays is the plural of satyr play.

Meaning of satyr play

Noun

satyr play (plural satyr plays)

  1. (historical) In ancient Greece, a genre of play featuring comedic dialogue and situations involving a chorus of satyrs, and performed following a trilogy of tragedies.
    • Aeschylus had also made the whole performance much longer and more impressive: he composed three continuous tragedies forming a single whole and followed by the strange performance called a Satyr-play.1913, Gilbert Murray, “III.”, in Euripides and His Age, page 67
    Synonyms:
    satyric play

Questions about satyr plays

What is satyr plays the plural of?
Satyr plays is the plural of satyr play.

Words near satyr plays in the dictionary

  1. Satyanarayana
  2. Satyashodhak
  3. Satyavati
  4. satyr
  5. satyr play
  6. satyr plays
  7. satyral
  8. satyrals
  9. satyre
  10. satyres
  11. satyresque

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