This humorous image plays around with the Christian (and more specifically Catholic) notion of sin and the attitude towards the libido that held sway in ancient Greece and Rome. In the ancient world, satyrs (half-men, half-goats) were Dionysus’s (Bacchus’s) attendants and, as such, were given over to lechery and drink. This was seen as an essential part of life, the dionysian reality behind the apollonian mask. However, with Christianity, the satyr was turned into the Devil - the representative of all that was evil, including lust. In this photograph the satyr/Devil has bound the penis (symbol of male sexuality) and brought it under his control.