The Ka'bah (Arabic: Ù±ÙÙÙÙØ¹ÙØ¨ÙØ©ââ al-kaÊ¿bah IPA:, The Cube), also referred as al-ka`bah al-musharrafah (The Holy Kaaba), is a building at the center of Islam's most sacred mosque, that is Al-Masjid Al-á¸¤arÄm (Arabic: Ø§ÙÙÙÙÙØ³ÙØ¬ÙÙØ¯ Ø§ÙÙØ­ÙÙØ±ÙØ§Ùââ, The Sacred Mosque), in Mecca, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia. It is the most sacred site in Islam.
Satyr plays were an ancient Greek form of tragicomedy, similar in spirit to the bawdy satire of burlesque. They featured choruses of satyrs, were based on Greek mythology, and were rife with mock drunkenness, brazen sexuality (including phallic props), pranks, sight gags, and general merriment.he only satyr play to survive in its entirety is Euripides ' Cyclops, based on Odysseus ' encounter with the cyclops, Polyphemus, in Book 9 of the Odyssey.
See less. Though I called them satyrs, they showed nothing of the satyr except little horns and a goatish head; all the rest of their form was human. --The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini. Satyrs from. inspired Benvenuto Cellini, but his comment makes clear that he consciously discarded the characteristic pointed ears and lower body of a goat.