Silenus - Marble Sculpture

“In Greek mythology, a divinity of Asiatic origin, the foster-father of Bacchus, and leader of the satyrs, but very frequently merely one of a number of kindred attendants in the Dionysiac thiasus. He was represented as a robust, full-bearded old man, hairy and with pointed ears, frequently in a state of intoxication, often riding on an ass and carrying a cantharus or other wine-vessel.” —Whitney, 1889

Keywords

Bacchus, donkey, Dionysus, Sculpture, beard, attendant, Greek God, Gods, wine, silenus, drink, drunk, attendants, Greek myth

Galleries

Ancient Greece, Greek Sculpture, Greek Mythology: S-T

Source

William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5628

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