# Epigraph explained — Antic Hay

> Chapter companion for Antic Hay by Aldous Huxley.

## What happens

The epigraph quotes Marlowe, evoking a scene of satyr-like men dancing wildly on lawns, setting a tone of pagan revelry and antic energy.

## Key lines

> My men like satyrs grazing on the lawns Shall with their goat-feet dance the antic hay.

My followers, like mythical satyrs feeding on the grass, will dance a wild and chaotic dance with their goat-like legs.

_This epigraph from Marlowe introduces themes of untamed, primal behavior and classical allusion._

## Links

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