Sileni
- plural of Silenus.
Example Sentences
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The nymphs, shepherds and Sileni who decorate the big classical landscapes of his middle years are inert and stereotyped.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Sileni were creatures part man and part horse.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
But in the Dionysiac procession first of all there went the Sileni who keep off the multitude, some clad in purple cloaks, and some in scarlet ones.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
Some Sileni of the throng sat on benches and hay-trusses by the wall; and one of them recognized her.
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas
And after them came two Sileni in purple cloaks and white fringes to them.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
