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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 ( thiasos ), and sometimes considerably older, in which case he may be referred to as a ...
On the eleventh day, Midas brought Silenus back to Dionysus. Dionysus offered the king his choice of reward. Midas asked that whatever he might touch would turn to gold. Dionysus consented, though was sorry that he had not made a better choice. Midas rejoiced in his new power, which he hastened to put to the test.
The satyr Silenus was the tutor of the young Dionysus and a story from Ionia told of a silenos who gave sound advice when captured. Over the course of Greek history, satyrs gradually became portrayed as more human and less bestial.
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 ...
The cult of Dionysus was strongly associated with satyrs, centaurs, and sileni, and its characteristic symbols were the bull, the serpent, tigers/leopards, ivy, and wine. The Dionysia and Lenaia festivals in Athens were dedicated to Dionysus , as well as the phallic processions .
In the center of the large mosaic, Dionysus is depicted in a chariot. Next to him stands a mature Silenus, who is more a helper of the god than a driver. [2] The carriage is drawn by two panthers, two centaurs hold their reins. One of the two centaurs is a mature, bearded man carrying a vessel (crater) that probably contains wine.
Hermaphroditus complains and objects to the fact by invoking Hermes in an oath, while Silenus invokes Pan for the reliability of his allegations. [ 25 ] Algernon Charles Swinburne 's poem " Hermaphroditus " in Poems and Ballads is subscribed Au Musée du Louvre, Mars 1863 , leaving no doubt that it was the Borghese Hermaphroditus that had ...
Articles relating to Silenus and his depictions. He 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 .