Krotos

Krotos or Croton (Greek Κρότος or Κρότων ) is a satyr in Greek mythology. In the vase painting he appears in the Dionysian Thiasos.

Myth

Krotos the son of Pan is with the Eupheme and close friend of the Muses, since these had been raised by his mother along with him. After Sositheos his mother Euschemo and Krotos called the beat to the songs of the Muses.

He was a very skilful archer and hunter, is considered the inventor of the hunting bow, and gained a high reputation by his diligence, his zeal and rapidity in the forest. To reward asked for the Muses by Zeus that this immortalize him in a constellation, which was then granted. Kroto was placed as a constellation Sagittarius, Sagittarius, in the sky. Zeus wanted to show all his skills in a single constellation it. So he gave him because of its speed, the flanks of a horse, an arrow as an expression of his sagacity and the tail of a satyr, as the Muses him abgewannen as much fun as Dionysos his satyrs. Prior to his feet he has a crown of stars, which he had as it were thrown while playing himself.