Silenus Definition

sī-lēnəs
silenus, sileni
noun
The foster father and tutor of Dionysus and leader of the satyrs, traditionally pictured as a fat, drunken, jovial old man with pointed ears.
Webster's New World
Any of a group of woodland deities resembling the satyrs.
Webster's New World

Origin of Silenus

  • Latin sīlēnus from Greek sīlēnos from Sīlēnos Silenus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin Sīlēnus from Greek Sīlēnos

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Silenus Sentence Examples

  • Marsyas, as well as Midas and Silenus, are associated in legend with Dionysus and belong to the cycle of legends of Cybele.

  • The story of Silenus was often the subject of Athenian satyric drama.

  • Just as there were supposed to be several Pans and Fauns, so there were many Silenuses, whose father was called Papposilenus ("Daddy Silenus"), represented as completely covered with hair and more animal in appearance.

  • The usual attributes of Silenus were the wine-skin (from which he is inseparable), a crown of ivy, the Bacchic thyrsus, the ass, and sometimes the panther.

  • A more dignified type is the Vatican statue of Silenus carrying the infant Dionysus, and the marble group from the villa Borghese in the Louvre.

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