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Ancient Greek mythological figure
In the decorative arts, a "silene" is a Silenus-like figure, often a "mask" (face) alone. The original Silenus resembled a folkloric man of the forest
Silenus
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Silenus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Silenus, Silen or Sileni may refer to: Silenus, a satyr and companion to Dionysus Silen and its plural
Silenus_(disambiguation)
Sicilian Greek historian
of the Second Punic War on Silenus; Polybius, Livy, and Cicero also referenced him. Meister, Klaus (October 2006). "Silenus". BrillOnline Reference Works
Silenus_Calatinus
Tender of the United States Navy
USS Silenus (AGP-11) was a Motor Torpedo Boat Tender in service with the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down by Chicago Bridge and
USS_Silenus
Science fiction novel series by Dan Simmons
volume, the Hyperion Cantos is an epic poem written by the character Martin Silenus covering in verse form the events of the first two books. Of the four novels
Hyperion_Cantos
Male nature spirit with horse or goat features found in Greek mythology
Greek: σάτυρος, romanized: sátyros, pronounced [sátyros]), also known as a silenus or silenos (Ancient Greek: σειληνός, romanized: seilēnós [seːlɛːnós]),
Satyr
1989 novel by Dan Simmons
multi-billionaire. Silenus joins Sad King Billy on Hyperion. Billy is an aristocrat who decides to relocate to Hyperion and establish a kingdom of artists. Silenus resumes
Hyperion_(Simmons_novel)
Species of Old World monkey
The lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus), locally called wanderoo, is an Old World monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of South India. Lion-tailed macaques
Lion-tailed_macaque
King in Greek mythology
nights with politeness, while Silenus delighted Midas and his friends with stories and songs. On the eleventh day, he took Silenus back to Dionysus in Lydia
Midas
46–56. ISBN 9780300124835. "Sleeping Silenus". Web Gallery of Art. Retrieved 17 September 2020. "Sleeping Silenus". Rubenshuis. Retrieved 17 September
Sleeping_Silenus
1626 painting by Jusepe de Ribera
Drunken Silenus is a painting by Jusepe de Ribera, produced in 1626 in Naples and now in the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples. The central figure is Silenus, lying
Drunken_Silenus_(Ribera)
Species of butterfly
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Myrina silenus. Wikispecies has information related to Myrina silenus. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen
Myrina_silenus
Species of fish
"Zaprora silenus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2006. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Zaprora silenus". FishBase
Prowfish
Art gallery in Rome, Italy
the name of "Room of Silenus". All the decoration was then arranged on the theme of Silenus. The canvas with the Sacrifice of Silenus painted by Tommaso
Galleria_Borghese
Species of Old World monkey
(sylvanus, sinica, silenus, and fascicularis). The earliest split in the genus Macaca likely occurred ~4.5 mya between an ancestor of the silenus group and a
Macaca_fascicularis
Genus of Old World monkeys
August 12, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023. Strawder, Nicole (2001). "Macaca silenus". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Archived from the original
Macaque
American occult writer
Breeze (born 1955), also known by his neo-Gnostic bishop title of Tau Silenus, is an American writer and publisher on magick and philosophy. He is the
William_Breeze
Painting by Titian
bullock torn in pieces." Thus, this Silenus plays a dual role, that is, in his left hand, as Nonnos' shaggy Silenus/Eros who supports himself on his staff
Bacchus_and_Ariadne
Figure in Greek mythology
is in dialogue form, based on the dialogue between Hermaphroditus and Silenus. The latter claims that he has had sexual intercourse with Hermaphroditus
Hermaphroditus
Attic theatre performance related to both comedy and tragedy
deities, while their designated leader Silenus originated as a water spirit, a maker of springs and fountains. Silenus was already an attendant to Dionysus
Satyr_play
1620 painting by Anthony van Dyck
Drunken Silenus is a 1620 painting by Anthony van Dyck, now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden. List of paintings by Anthony van Dyck https://web
Drunken_Silenus_(van_Dyck)
Sexual fixation on non-human animals
A kylix depicting Silenus having sex with a fawn, dated after 500 BC.
Zoophilia
Creature from Greek and Roman mythology
They were symbols of peace and fertility, and their Greek chieftain, Silenus, was a minor deity of Greek mythology. Romans believed fauns stirred fear
Faun
German philosopher (1844–1900)
art form that transcended the pessimism found in the so-called wisdom of Silenus. The Greek spectators, by looking into the abyss of human suffering depicted
Friedrich_Nietzsche
Roman tutelary deity of woods
Etruria (though the validity of this identification has been contested). Silenus, a Greek God, merged with Silvanus in Latin Literature. Pan (god of forests
Silvanus_(mythology)
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1579–1666)
Augustus II (10 April 1579 – 17 September 1666), called the Younger (German: August der Jüngere), a member of the House of Welf was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Augustus_II_of_Brunswick
1990 novel by Dan Simmons
ship from Keats. Father Hoyt's body is resurrected into Father Paul Duré. Silenus goes to the Poets' City to complete his Cantos, but is surprised by the
The_Fall_of_Hyperion_(novel)
1951 children's novel by C. S. Lewis
back. Aslan, accompanied by Susan and Lucy, summons the gods Bacchus and Silenus, and with their help brings the woods to life. The gods and awakened trees
Prince_Caspian
Capital and largest city of Italy
Abbot Luigi is an unknown Roman magistrate, il Babuino is supposed to be Silenus, Marforio represents Oceanus, Madama Lucrezia is a bust of Isis, and il
Rome
Obscene raising of the middle finger
Scotland (1 ed.). Glasgow: J. Maclehose. Retrieved July 12, 2018. "Bust of Silenus, Bar Hill". June 18, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2018. Persius. "Satires II
The_finger
Nymph in Greek mythology
and poet Thomas Woolner wrote Silenus, a long narrative poem about the myth, in which Syrinx becomes the lover of Silenus, but drowns when she attempts
Syrinx
Ancient Greek satyr play by Euripides
with his hungry sailors. They meet Silenus and offer to trade wine for food. Being a servant of Dionysus, Silenus cannot resist obtaining the wine despite
Cyclops_(play)
1996 science fiction novel by Dan Simmons
Hyperion, a hunting guide named Raul Endymion is given a mission from Martin Silenus: rescue Aenea, who is about to emerge from the Time Tombs; find Old Earth;
Endymion_(Simmons_novel)
English children's writer (1921–2013)
illustrated by Cecil Leslie. Clarke's last children's novel The Two Faces of Silenus (1972) is a fantasy in which mythology from the past errupts into a modern
Pauline_Clarke
Creature in Greek mythology
Aristaeus Attis Britomartis Comus Hecaterus The Maenades Pan Priapus Rhapso Silenus Telete Others Aphroditus Arke Auxesia The Cabeiri Circe Enodia Enyalius
Siren_(mythology)
1939 film by George B. Seitz
elected district attorney and launches an anti-organized crime campaign. Joe Silenus, a crime boss, plots to frame Donegan for accepting a bribe. Donegan is
6,000_Enemies
Painting by Piero di Cosimo
was commissioned together with a companion painting, The Misfortunes of Silenus, by Giovanni Vespucci in Florence. Both works represent an emerging, private
The Discovery of Honey by Bacchus
The_Discovery_of_Honey_by_Bacchus
Italian painter
Artemisio (Carducci Artemisio collection, Rome). Derived from Ribera’s Drunken Silenus — and thus from the naturalistic reinterpretation of mythological themes
Francesco_Fracanzano
Tree nymph in Greek mythology
'Old Narnia' – into a deep sleep, from which they awaken when Bacchus and Silenus are summoned by Aslan to aid in the fight against King Miraz's army. Hulder
Dryad
Garden of Castle Howard, Henderskelfe, North Yorkshire, England
frieze. To the northeast of the parterre is a grade II*-listed statue of Silenus leaning on a tree trunk and holding the child Bacchus in his arms. It is
Gardens_of_Castle_Howard
Poem collection by Virgil
of how two boys, Chromis and Mnasyllos, and a naiad persuaded the satyr Silenus to sing to them, and how he sang to them of the world's beginning, the
Eclogues
Amusement ride
Evelyn Waugh's first published novel, Decline and Fall, the character Otto Silenus describes a Devil's Wheel (referred to as the "big wheel at Luna Park")
Devil's_wheel
Species of moth
mnechus Herrich-Schäffer, 1863 Anceryx andae Grote & Robinson, 1868 Anceryx silenus Grote & Robinson, 1868 Isognathus laura Butler, 1876 Isognathus rimosa
Isognathus_rimosa
Species of Old World monkey
Forest-Dwelling and Urban Species: Case Studies of the Lion-Tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) and the Bonnet Macaque (M. radiata)". International Journal of Primatology
Bonnet_macaque
Ancient Greek complex with reliefs in Athens
Bema of Phaidros with crouching Silenus
Bema_of_Phaidros
Type of pottery
Silenus and Boys, after Francois Duquesnoy, c. 1778, solid pale blue jasper plaque.
Jasperware
1997 science fiction novel by Dan Simmons
nomadic shepherd on Hyperion, he was enlisted into Aenea's service by Martin Silenus. Endymion becomes Aenea's love interest. Father Captain Federico de Soya
The_Rise_of_Endymion
1986 fantasy novel by Gene Wolfe
man who turns out to be the King of Nysa (Silenus, as opposed to Dionysus, who is the King from Nysa). Silenus asks Latro to sing to his accompaniment on
Soldier_of_the_Mist
Brother of Atlas, Menoetius and Prometheus
Aristaeus Attis Britomartis Comus Hecaterus The Maenades Pan Priapus Rhapso Silenus Telete Others Aphroditus Arke Auxesia The Cabeiri Circe Enodia Enyalius
Epimetheus
Ancient Greek city
Thermaic Gulf and near the modern town of Kalandra. Coin from Mende depicting Silenus Mende was probably built during the 9th century BC by Eretrian colonists
Mende_(Chalcidice)
Collection of 87 ancient Greek hymns
Silenos, Satyros, Bakkhai, manna" Silenus, Satyrs, Bacchae Figures in the thiasos of Dionysus 11 Describes Silenus as leading the Naiads and Bacchae in
Orphic_Hymns
Fragmentary satyr play by Sophocles
language Ancient Greek Written by Sophocles Chorus Satyrs Characters Apollo Silenus Cyllene (oread) Hermes (not present in the extant fragments) Genre Satyr
Ichneutae
Building in Pompeii, Italy
initiate) and her assistants preparing the liknon basket. At one side a Silenus (a creature part man and part horse) is playing a lyre. The third mural
Villa_of_the_Mysteries
Painting by Peter Paul Rubens
work may even have been produced as a pendant to the 1616-1617 Drunken Silenus (Alte Pinakothek). H. Evers argues it was produced during the artist's
Ecce_Homo_(Rubens)
Nymphs in Greek mythology
care, and the Nysiads raised him with the assistance of the old satyr-god Silenus. When Dionysus was grown, the Nysiads joined his company as the first of
Nysiads
Italian painter (1608–1673)
putto who scares another putto with a mask similar figures in a Drunken Silenus of the Flemish painter Karel Philips Spierincks. The quality of his work
Giovanni_Andrea_Podestà
Order of ray-finned fishes
Cryptacanthodes Lumpenidae Neozoarcidae Anarhichadidae Zoarcidae Zaprora silenus Opisthocentridae Ptilichthys goodei †Agnevichthys †Palaeopholis Pholidae
Perciformes
German equivalent of the banshee
Perchta Polevik Rübezahl Rusalka Sandman Samodiva Sânziană Satyr/Satyress Silenus Siren Spiriduș Thiasus Trenti Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Ursitory Vadleany
Klagmuhme
Italian painter (1734–1822)
Giovanni Battista Marchetti. In Sala del Sileno, above a Roman statue of Silenus he set scenes from that character, along with Bacchus and his followers
Tommaso_Conca
Play by Mary Zimmerman
caring for his family, a drunken Silenus enters and speaks of a distant land capable of granting eternal life. Silenus later falls asleep, and Midas shelters
Metamorphoses_(play)
Building in Warsaw, Poland
17th-century Dutch blue tiles and a painting by Jacob Jordaens depicting Silenus and Bacchantes. The 1778 ceiling painting, Bacchus, Ceres, Venus and Cupid
Palace_on_the_Isle
Painting by Jusepe de Ribera
Apollog and Marsyas by Ribera, probably contemporary with his Drunken Silenus, also now in Naples. Another of Ribera's 1637 works is also drawn from
Apollo and Marsyas (Ribera, Naples)
Apollo_and_Marsyas_(Ribera,_Naples)
somalina (Butler, 1886) Axiocerses harpax kadugli Talbot, 1935 Myrina silenus nzoiae d'Abrera, 1980 Hypolycaena pachalica Butler, 1888 Hypolycaena philippus
List_of_butterflies_of_Yemen
Form of play fighting
Playfighting using bites in the lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus).
Rough-and-tumble_play
Irish and Scottish mythical creature
Perchta Polevik Rübezahl Rusalka Sandman Samodiva Sânziană Satyr/Satyress Silenus Siren Spiriduș Thiasus Trenti Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Ursitory Vadleany
Cù-sìth
Flemish painter
artists as the young Peter Paul Rubens collaborated with him on the Sleeping Silenus (circa 1611, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna). Ryckaert was tasked with adding
David_Rijckaert_II
Greek mythological personification of drunkenness
Asclepius at Epidaurus, and another one of her offering wine to Silenus in the temple of Silenus at Elis. In Nonnus' Dionysiaca, Methe appears as the wife of
Methe
romanized: Nîsos) may refer to the following personages: Nysus (possibly identical to Silenus), foster father of Dionysus. Nisus, a king of Megara and father of Scylla
Nisus_(mythology)
Cat spirit in Celtic mythology
Perchta Polevik Rübezahl Rusalka Sandman Samodiva Sânziană Satyr/Satyress Silenus Siren Spiriduș Thiasus Trenti Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Ursitory Vadleany
Cat-sìth
Infernal familiar and domestic sprite from German folklore
Perchta Polevik Rübezahl Rusalka Sandman Samodiva Sânziană Satyr/Satyress Silenus Siren Spiriduș Thiasus Trenti Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Ursitory Vadleany
Drak_(mythology)
Three sisters in Greek myth
Aristaeus Attis Britomartis Comus Hecaterus The Maenades Pan Priapus Rhapso Silenus Telete Others Aphroditus Arke Auxesia The Cabeiri Circe Enodia Enyalius
Graeae
Train station in Temple, Texas
Pendleton toward Purcell Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Main Line Silenus toward Galveston Belton toward San Angelo San Angelo – Temple Terminus
Temple_station_(Texas)
Female spirits in North German folklore
Perchta Polevik Rübezahl Rusalka Sandman Samodiva Sânziană Satyr/Satyress Silenus Siren Spiriduș Thiasus Trenti Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Ursitory Vadleany
Witte_Wiwer
Perchta Polevik Rübezahl Rusalka Sandman Samodiva Sânziană Satyr/Satyress Silenus Siren Spiriduș Thiasus Trenti Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Ursitory Vadleany
Classifications_of_fairies
Fairies in Scottish folklore
Perchta Polevik Rübezahl Rusalka Sandman Samodiva Sânziană Satyr/Satyress Silenus Siren Spiriduș Thiasus Trenti Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Ursitory Vadleany
Seelie
Archaeological sites in Italy
of 442 C.E., when the structure most likely was abandoned. The Baths of Silenus (IV, IX, 7) were discovered in 2011 as a part of the work of the Ostia
Baths_at_Ostia
Pantheon of pre-Christian Ireland
Perchta Polevik Rübezahl Rusalka Sandman Samodiva Sânziană Satyr/Satyress Silenus Siren Spiriduș Thiasus Trenti Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Ursitory Vadleany
Tuatha_Dé_Danann
Hephaestus, Hephaestus was often shown riding a donkey. Donkey of Silenus, Silenus rode a donkey. Scythian horned donkeys, in Scythia there were donkeys
List of Greek mythological creatures
List_of_Greek_mythological_creatures
Flemish sculptor
The drunkenness of Silenus
Gerard_van_Opstal
Genus of flowering plants
also been reported but are extremely rare. Silene is the feminine form of Silenus, an Ancient Greek woodland deity who was a companion and tutor to the wine
Silene
Species of Old World monkey
Macaca sylvanus (Barbary macaque) M. nigra (Celebes crested macaque) M. silenus (lion-tailed macaque) M. nemestrina (southern pig-tailed macaque) M. radiata
Barbary_macaque
Horse-like demon from Orcadian mythology
Perchta Polevik Rübezahl Rusalka Sandman Samodiva Sânziană Satyr/Satyress Silenus Siren Spiriduș Thiasus Trenti Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Ursitory Vadleany
Nuckelavee
Painting by Lorenzo Lotto
wisdom) and the symbols of the Liberal Arts. The right half shows a drunk silenus, sleeping among the symbols of vice; to these, in the background, corresponds
Allegory of Virtue and Vice (Lotto)
Allegory_of_Virtue_and_Vice_(Lotto)
Group of tree nymphs in Greek mythology
The mythographer Apollodorus wrote that centaur Pholus's parents were Silenus and one of the Meliae, thus differentiating him genealogically from the
Meliae
Seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore
Perchta Polevik Rübezahl Rusalka Sandman Samodiva Sânziană Satyr/Satyress Silenus Siren Spiriduș Thiasus Trenti Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Ursitory Vadleany
Hulder
Ancient Greek sculpture
variant on the Olympia Hermes, c. 350–300 BC, Musée du Louvre, Paris Silenus and the Infant Dionysos, variant from the Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome Glyptothek
Hermes and the Infant Dionysus
Hermes_and_the_Infant_Dionysus
Philosophical and literary concepts
art form that transcended the pessimism found in the so-called wisdom of Silenus. The Greek spectators, by looking into the abyss of human suffering depicted
Apollonian_and_Dionysian
Spirit figure in Irish folklore
Perchta Polevik Rübezahl Rusalka Sandman Samodiva Sânziană Satyr/Satyress Silenus Siren Spiriduș Thiasus Trenti Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Ursitory Vadleany
Leanan_sídhe
Norwegian guitarist (born 1977)
stage-name is derived from an alternative Latinised spelling of the Greek "Silenus," the name of a satyr-like being in Greek mythology who was a tutor to
Silenoz
Image made from small colored tiles
(Silchester) A Roman mosaic depicting the wedding of Dionysos and Ariadne, with Silenus and a satyr, 2nd century AD, Tunis, Tunisia A mosaic showing Medusa and
Mosaic
Donkeys as depicted in culture
The donkey was the symbol of the Egyptian sun god Ra. In Greek myth, Silenus is pictured in Classical Antiquity and during the Renaissance (illustration
Cultural references to donkeys
Cultural_references_to_donkeys
Fictional island in Plato's works
Book 8 of his Philippica, which contains a dialogue between Silenus and King Midas. Silenus describes the Meropids, a race of men who grow to twice normal
Atlantis
Terminal block for the covering tiles of a roof
London Greek antefix depicting Silenus. Regional Archeological Museum, Gela, Italy Etruscan antefix depicting Silenus. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore,
Antefix
Species of beetle
(Drury, 1773) Synonyms Copris reflexus Panzer, 1794 Scarabaeus ammon Fabricius, 1781 Scarabaeus lar Fabricius, 1787 Scarabaeus silenus Fabricius, 1775
Copris_minutus
Scottish painter (1866–1945)
artist Robert Burns. Among other subjects, Duncan depicted Bacchus and Silenus in a mythical scene. Duncan also acted as director of Geddes's short-lived
John_Duncan_(painter)
Mythical figure
Perchta Polevik Rübezahl Rusalka Sandman Samodiva Sânziană Satyr/Satyress Silenus Siren Spiriduș Thiasus Trenti Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Ursitory Vadleany
Headless_Horseman
Set index
mother, by Poseidon, of Amycus, king of the Bebryces. Melia, the mother by Silenus of Dolion, the eponym of the Doliones. This is according to the third-century
Melia_(mythology)
Painting by Nicolas Poussin
while the other is compassionately extended towards the suffering king. Silenus is recumbent near them, and a beautiful nymph lies naked asleep on the
Midas_and_Bacchus_(Poussin)
Type of mythogical creature in Irish mythology
Perchta Polevik Rübezahl Rusalka Sandman Samodiva Sânziană Satyr/Satyress Silenus Siren Spiriduș Thiasus Trenti Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Ursitory Vadleany
Dullahan
Creature from myth
Perchta Polevik Rübezahl Rusalka Sandman Samodiva Sânziană Satyr/Satyress Silenus Siren Spiriduș Thiasus Trenti Troll Tuatha Dé Danann Ursitory Vadleany
Bugbear
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