satyric

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These were often on connected subjects; and the Satyric drama at the end served like a merry after-piece to relieve the minds of the spectators.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

He is the Satyric genius we spoke of anon: he cracks his jokes still, for satire must live; but he is combed, washed, neatly clothed, and perfectly presentable.

From John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character by Thackeray, William Makepeace

When the tradition is Satyric, as here, the same process produces almost an opposite effect.

From Alcestis by Murray, Gilbert

We have only to remember the old Satyric tradition and to look at them in the light of their historical development.

From Alcestis by Murray, Gilbert

After this period it became customary to exhibit dramas in TETRALOGIES, or sets of four; namely, a tragic trilogy, or series of three tragedies, followed by a Satyric play.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir