Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

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Satyrus

（Σάτυρος).

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1.

A king of Bosporus, son of Spartacus I. He reigned B.C. 407 or 406-393. He maintained friendly relations with Athens. He was slain at the siege of Theudosia in 393, and was succeeded by his son Leucon.

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2.

A king of Bosporus, who was the eldest of the sons of Paerisades I., whom he succeeded in B.C. 311, but reigned only nine months.

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3.

A distinguished comic actor at Athens, who is said to have given instructions to Demosthenes in the art of giving full effect to his speeches by appropriate action. (See Demosthenes.)

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4.

A distinguished Peripatetic philosopher and historian, who lived in the time of Ptolemy Philopator, if not later. He wrote a collection of biographies, among which were lives of Philip and Demosthenes, and which is frequently cited by ancient writers.