(Fauni), among the ancients, were a species of demi-gods inhabiting the forests; called also Sylvans (Sylvani), and little differing from the Satyrs. They delighted more particularly in vineyards; and they generally appear as attendants of Bacchus, in the representations of Bacchanal feasts and processions.—They were represented as half men, half goats, having the horns, ears, feet, and tail of a goat, a very flat nose, and the rest human. Though the Fauns were held for demi-gods, yet they were supposed to die after a long life. Arnobius shows that their father or chief, Faunus himself, lived only 120 years.