Early artistic representations sometimes include horse-like legs, but, by the sixth century BC, they were more often represented with human legs.
sátyros, pronounced ), also known as a silenus or silenos ( Greek: σειληνός seilēnós ), is a male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse, as well as a permanent, exaggerated erection. In Greek mythology, a satyr ( Greek: σάτυρος, translit. 520–500 BC, showing an ithyphallic satyr holding an aulos, a kind of ancient Greek woodwind instrument
Attic red-figure plate from Vulci, Etruria, dated c.