Botanic Gardens, The Satyr

The Satyr is a bronze cast of a1924 sculpture by Frank ‘Guy’ Lynch located in the Royal Botanic Gardens. It was modelled on the artist’s brother, whose death inspired Kenneth Slessor to write his poem 'Five Bells'. In Greek mythology, the Satyrs were half human and half goat deities of the woods and mountains. They were companions of the gods Pan and Dionysus.