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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan (/ p æ n /; [2] Ancient Greek: Πάν, romanized: Pán) is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. [3] He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun or satyr.
Silenus (1 C, 28 P) Pages in category "Companions of Dionysus" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
In Greek mythology, Silenus (/ s aɪ ˈ l iː n ə s /; Ancient Greek: Σειληνός, romanized: Seilēnós, IPA: [seːlɛːnós]) was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus. He is typically older than the satyrs of the Dionysian retinue , and sometimes considerably older, in which case he may be referred to as a Papposilenus.
Companions of Dionysus (3 C, 27 P) Consorts of Dionysus (3 C, 16 P) Cult of Dionysus (8 C, 31 P) G. Greek festivals of Dionysus (8 P) M. Mythology of Dionysus (2 C ...
Dionysus punished them by driving them mad, and they killed the infants who were nursing at their breasts. He did the same to the daughters of Minyas, King of Orchomenos in Boetia, and then turned them into bats. According to Oppian, Dionysus delighted, as a child, in tearing kids into pieces and bringing them back to life again. He is ...
Dionysus and members of his thiasos on an Attic black-figure krater-psykter (525–500 BCE, Louvre Museum) In Greek mythology [1] and religion, the thiasus (Greek: θίασος, romanized: thíasos) was the ecstatic retinue of Dionysus, often pictured as inebriated revelers. Many of the myths of Dionysus are connected with his arrival in the ...
A 1st century BCE inscription found in the location mentions Hermes, Pan, Aphrodite, the Nymphs and Isis. [33] Additionally a small temple in antis dating from the 2nd century CE is identified with Isis which according to epigraphic evidence was restored by a private patron.
According to Philostratus the Elder, he was believed to enter the retinue of Dionysus alongside Comus. [1] Plutarch relates that Lycurgus of Sparta dedicated a small statue of Gelos to the god, [ 2 ] and elsewhere, mentions that in Sparta there was a sanctuary of Gelos, as well as those of Thanatos , Phobos "and other [personifications of ...