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Silenus
or Si·le·nos, Sei·le·nos
[ sahy-lee-nuhs ]
noun
, Classical Mythology.
, plural Si·le·ni [sahy-, lee, -nahy]
- a forest spirit, sometimes referred to as the oldest of the satyrs and the foster father, teacher, and companion of Dionysus: often represented as a bearded old man.
- (lowercase) any of a group of forest spirits similar to satyrs: often represented as a drunken old man with the legs and ears of a horse.
Silenus
/ saɪˈliːnəs /
noun
- chief of the satyrs and foster father to Dionysus: often depicted riding drunkenly on a donkey
- Silenisaɪˈliːnəɪ often not capital one of a class of woodland deities, closely similar to the satyrs
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The like may be observed both in the "Pollio" and the "Silenus," where the similitudes are drawn from the woods and meadows.
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But indeed he seems not to have ever drank out of Silenus's tankard, when he composed either his Critique or Pastorals.
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The rustics watched the sleeping Silenus for a long time, wondering who he might be.
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He had a jovial, rotund face, covered in large part by a bushy beard, and would have done excellently as a model for Silenus.
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At the summit of the picture Bacchus and Silenus wave wine-glasses while respectively standing and sitting on hogsheads.
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