Ok, some time ago I was walking through the hallowed halls of the institution where I am required more or less to put in an appearance on a semi-daily basis. Pinned on a notice board was this picture:
It’s a lousy reproduction ‘cos I took the pic close up with my phone camera. Anyhow, intrigued as to why these guys holding masks also had erections, I decided to ask a passer-by who I thought might know the origin of the picture. Well, he didn’t, but he did know that it represented the Satyric chorus. I’ve looked on the web, but I can’t find this specific piece.
All the same, there is plenty of material about the Satyric play and chorus.
How odd that one can place on a notice board in a very respectable institution a picture of three guys with erections and no-one even notices. What is it about 2,500 year old pictures that somehow creates in us a blind-spot for this (what would otherwise be) transgression?
For more on the Satyric chorus:
Wikipedia - Satyr Play
Wikipedia - Satyr
Seyffert - Satyric drama
Mlahanas - Surviving Satyr plays
Sparknotes summary of Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche, Chs 7 & 8
Early Stevens: The Nietzschean Intertext By Bobby Joe Leggett
Pancime - Barberini Faun
If anyone can let me know the identity of the actual object in the photograph and its location I would appreciate it.
If anyone has any stories about transgressions that aren’t, I’d love to hear them.
Tags: drama, play, pornographic, Satyric chorus
Tags: drama, play, pornographic, Satyric chorus
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