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Silenus

In Greek mythology, Silenus (/saɪˈliːnəs/; Ancient Greek: Σιληνός Sīlēnós or Σειληνός Seilēnós ) 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. Silen and its plural sileni refer to the…

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Abode
Nysa
Children
foster father of Dionysus, Pholus
Consort
Hermaphroditus
Parents
Pan, or Hermes and Gaea
Symbol
Wine, grapes, kantharos, thyrsos, wineskin, panther, donkey

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Silenus

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Edges157
Triples138
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012658
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related to Gallery · 33
Silenus → AD, Archaeological Museum, Art Institute, Attic, Baltimore, BC, BCEtruscan, BCMask, BCSilenus, BCTwo Roman, Cabinet, Chicago, Delos, Eros, Etruria, Exhibition, Gold, Latium, Mosaic, Naxos
related to In literature · 24
Silenus → Bacchus, Bergerac, Cyrano, Decline, Dorian Gray, Edmond Rostand's Cyrano, English, Evelyn Waugh's, Fall, Greek Silenus, He, In, In Brian Hooker's, In Gargantua, In Oscar Wilde's, King's Thursday, Lord Henry Wooton, Montfleury, Pantagruel, Professor Silenus
related to Further reading · 19
Silenus → Ann Arbor, Archived, Attic Black-figure Vase-painting, Cambridge University Press, Catalogue, Encyclopædia Britannica, Greeks, Guy Michael Hedreen, Hugh, Karl Kerenyi, Michigan, Myth, Over, Performance, Silens, The Gods, University, Warburg Institute's Iconographic Database, Wayback MachineChisholm
related to In art · 19
Silenus → Alte Pinakothek, Around, Boboli Gardens, During, Dyck, Florence, Freudian, Germany, Greece, Gustav Klimt, In, Munich, Renaissance, Ribera, Rubens, Silenus-like, The Drunken Silenus, Vienna, Vienna Secession
related to Papposilenus · 13
Silenus → AD, Altes Museum, Attic, BC, BCActor, Berlin, His, In, Panathenaia, Papposilenus, Polion, Two, Walters Art Museum
related to Evolution · 11
Silenus → Athena, Cedalion, Chiron, Dionysus, Hermaphroditus, Later, Orphic, Pallas, Priapus, The, This
related to Wisdom · 9
Silenus → Arthur Schopenhauer, Greek, Nietzsche, Silenus's, The Birth, Theognis's Elegies, This, Tragedy, Via Schopenhauer
related to External links · 4
Silenus → Britannica OnlineSilenus, Greek Mythology Link, Seilenos, Theoi ProjectSatyr
Abode · 1
Silenus → Nysa
Children · 1
Silenus → foster father of Dionysus, Pholus

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bc papposilenus museum drunken dionysus century two roman wine satyr art midas first often sometimes statue satyrs rubens one old

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SilenusAbodeNysa1.00infobox
SilenusChildrenfoster father of Dionysus, Pholus1.00infobox
SilenusConsortHermaphroditus1.00infobox
SilenusParentsPan, or Hermes and Gaea1.00infobox
SilenusSymbolWine, grapes, kantharos, thyrsos, wineskin, panther, donkey1.00infobox
Silenusis acharacter in Evelyn Waugh's first novel0.90text
Silenusrelated to EvolutionThe0.60section
Silenusrelated to EvolutionDionysus0.60section
Silenusrelated to EvolutionLater0.60section
Silenusrelated to EvolutionOrphic0.60section
Silenusrelated to EvolutionThis0.60section
Silenusrelated to EvolutionPriapus0.60section

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