The Tracking Satyrs

The Tracking Satyrs

The Tracking Satyrs (or Ichneutae) is a fragmentary satyr play by Sophocles written during the 5th century BC. Fragments of the play were discovered in Egypt in 1907. It is about baby Hermes making music for the first time and the satyrs hearing it and not knowing what it is.

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