Satyr to the root "sat-", meaning "to sow", which has also been proposed as the root of the name of the Roman god Saturn. Satyrs are usually indistinguishable from "silenoi", whose iconography is virtually identical. According to "Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable", the name "satyr" is sometimes derogatorily applied to a "brutish or lustful man". The term satyriasis refers to a medical condition in males characterized by excessive sexual desire. It is the male equivalent of nymphomania. According to classicist Martin Litchfield West, satyrs and silenoi in Greek mythology are similar to a number of other entities appearing in other
What Is Man? (King essay) defines what the biblical writers meant when they said 'man is made in the image of God', and that he has 'rational capacity; he has the unique ability to have a fellowship with God. Man is a being of spirit'. King then defines the third doctrine of man which 'is the recognition that man is a sinner. Man is a free being made in the image of God'. Man also has the ability to 'choose between alternatives, so he can choose the good or the evil, the high or the low'. King then admits that 'man has misused his freedom'