 As followers of Dionysus, satyrs are known for their love of wine, women, and playing music on their pipes or flutes.Famous satyrs in mythology include Silenus, a satyr nurse to the Dionysus and a demi-god of excessive drunkenness and Tityri, a flute-playing satyr in the train of Dionysus.Satyrs are referenced in "The Homeric Hymns", Aesop's "Fables", "The Orphic Hymns", Ovid's "Metamorphoses" and "Fasti", and Virgil's "Georgics".