Silenus
mythological figure · 8 works · 9 mentions · 17 anchored passages
father · Silenic · Silenus-headed water-fountains · Silenuses · a feminine Silenus · old father · old sir
in the texts
De Rerum Natura
Silenus, the satyr-companion of Bacchus, invoked as a flattering (ironic) comparison for a pug-nosed woman.
"A Satyress, a feminine Silenus";
Besides Silenus-headed water-fountains,-
Tusculan Disputations
Mythological companion of Dionysus, captured by Midas and forced to reveal wisdom about death.
that he taught the king that the best thing by far for man is not to be born, and the next best, to die as soon as possible.
Cyclops
Father of the Satyrs and former companion of Dionysus, now enslaved by the Cyclops Polyphemus on Mount Aetna
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The Histories
The satyr-companion of Dionysus said, in Macedonian tradition, to have been captured in the garden of Midas.
In this garden, according to the Macedonian story, Silenus was taken captive.
Symposium
Mythological companion of Dionysus, statuettes of whom open to reveal divine images inside; used as a recurring image for Socrates' hidden depth.
your Satyric or Silenic play-scene is all shown up.
But when these are opened, and you obtain a fresh view of them by getting inside, first of all you will discover that they are the only speeches which have any sense in them;
but with the odd qualities of this person, both in himself and in his conversation, you would not come anywhere near finding a comparison if you searched either among men of our day or among those of the past, unless perhaps you borrowed my words and matched him, not with any human being, but with the Silenuses and satyrs, in his person and his speech.
Ichneutae
Silenus is the satyrs' father, an old comic figure who bargains for Apollo's reward and tries to organize the tracking effort.
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Adversus Hermogenem
Legendary companion of Dionysus, reputed to have told King Midas of another world.
Unless indeed we are to believe also that Silenus, asserting to king Midas concerning another world (on the authority of Theopompus);
De Pallio
Mythological companion of Dionysus, reported as having told a fabulous tale to Midas.
let him look to it, if anyone anywhere else holds there are men among the Meropes, as Silenus prattled into the ears of Midas — tales suited, to be sure, to grander fables.