#antikkensamlung

Satyr statuette or applique, probably originally attached to the base of a larger bronze statue, ca. 160–150 BCE. Berlin, Antikensammlung Misc. 7466. 

The youthful satyr carries a set of panspipes in his right hand as he defends himself with his left hand which probably originally held a lagobolon, a type of stick that was used to hunt rabbits. 

It was common for Hellenistic satyrs to carry a lagobolon, but here this youthful satyr defends himself in a pose known as the Harmodios blow. This pose comes from the classical sculpture group of the Tyrannicides, Harmodios and Aristogeiton by sculptors Kritios and Nesiotes. Aside from his pose, the delicate and youthful form of the satyr certainly alludes to Harmodios, who was the eromenos of Aristogeiton.