The Dancing Faun
In Roman mythology fauns were originally ghosts of rustic places, lesser versions of their chief, the god Faunus. Before their conflation with Greek satyrs, they and Faunus were represented as naked men. Later fauns became copies of the satyrs of Greek mythology, who themselves were originally shown as part-horse rather than part-goat. As followers of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, fauns loved drinking, dancing and having fun.
Following vandalism in 2005, The Dancing Faun was restored at a cost of more than £10,800. The base of the statue was recast, as the original was too fragile to support the sculpture. The original base with foot is alongside.
