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Silenus
In
Greek mythology,
Silenus (;
Greek: Σειληνός
Seilēnos) was a companion and
tutor to the
wine god Dionysus. He is typically older than the
satyrs of the Dionysian retinue
(thiasos), and sometimes considerably older, in which case he may be referred to as a
Papposilenus. The plural
sileni refers to the mythological figure as a type that is sometimes thought to be differentiated from a satyr by having the attributes of a horse rather than a goat, though usage of the two words is not consistent enough to permit a sharp distinction.
Silenus
Noun
1. the chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey
(hypernym) satyr, forest god
silenus
Noun
1. any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs)
(hypernym) Greek deity
Silenus
(n.)
See Wanderoo.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Silenus
[Greek] Originally plural (Sileni), but later mentioned as one Silenus, the teacher and faithful companion of the wine-god Dionysus. A notorious consumer of wine, he is usually totally drunk and is supported by satyrs or carried by a donkey. When the Phrygian king Midas took the drunk Silenus in his house, Dionysus handsomely reward Midas for his hospitality. He has much wisdom and if captured by mortals he can reveal important secrets. Silenus is usually portrayed as a plump jovial old man with a long beard and stump nose, bald and with a horse's tail.
Silenus
Silenus (Latin) Seilenos (Greek) The more elderly satyrs were called sileni, and their chief was Silenus, represented as a drunken pot-bellied old man with a wineskin, depicted as riding on an ass and the constant companion of Dionysos or Bacchus; sometimes also associated with Pan. These nature gods had a higher and a lower aspect and are most familiar to us in the lower, because of the common reference to them in popular mythology. Hence we find Silenus with all the marks of roistering jollity, but gifted, like Pan and the other satyrs, with the power of prophecy.
Esoterically, Silenus is represented as the chief of these lower productive powers of nature, usually connected with the fertilizing effect of water, which connects them immediately with the generative powers of the moon. Bacchus or Dionysos, on the other hand, in his higher aspect is representative of the spiritual fructifying and stimulating powers of the solar energies.
