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SILENUS , a See also:

PRIMITIVE

primitive Phrygian deity of See also:

woods and springs. As the reputed inventor of See also:

MUSIC

music he was confounded with See also:

MARSYAS

Marsyas. He also possessed the See also:

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of prophecy, but, like See also:

Proteus, would only impart See also:

INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information on compulsion; when surprised in a drunken See also:

SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep, he could be See also:

BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound with chains of See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, and forced to prophesy and sing (See also:

Virgil, See also:

EEL

Eel. vi., where he gives an See also:

account of the creation of the See also:

WORLD

world; cf. See also:

Aelian, See also:

VAR

Var. hist. iii. 18). In See also:

Greek See also:

MYTHOLOGY

mythology he is the son of See also:

Hermes (or See also:

Pan) and a nymph. He is the See also:

CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant See also:

COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion of See also:

DIONYSUS (probably = " son of Zeus," from & Os and vv(7os, a Thracian word for " son ")

Dionysus, whom he was said to have instructed in the cultivation of the See also:

VINE

vine and the keeping of bees. He fought by his See also:

side in the See also:

war against the giants and was his companion in his travels and adventures. The See also:

story of Silenus was often the subject of Athenian satyric See also:

DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama. Just as there were supposed to be several Pans and Fauns, so there were many Silenuses, whose See also:

FATHER

father was called Papposilenus (" Daddy Silenus "), represented as completely covered with See also:

HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair and more See also:

animal in See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance. The usual attributes of Silenus were the See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine-skin (from which he is inseparable), a See also:

CROWN

crown of See also:

IVY (A.S. ifig, Ger. Epheu, perhaps connected with apium, anent)

ivy, the Bacchic See also:

THYRSUS (the latinized form of Gr. Bupaos, a stem or stalk)

thyrsus, the See also:

ass, and sometimes the See also:

PANTHER

panther. In See also:

ART

art he generally appears as a little pot-bellied old See also:

man, with a snub See also:

NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose and a bald See also:

head, See also:

RIDING

riding on an ass and supported by See also:

SATYRS (SATYRI)

satyrs; or he is depicted lying asleep on his wine-skin, which he sometimes bestrides.

A more dignified type is the Vatican statue of Silenus carrying the See also:

INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant Dionysus, and the See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble See also:

GROUP

group from the See also:

VILLA

villa See also:

BORGHESE

Borghese in the Louvre. See See also:

Preller-Rcbert, Griechische Mythologie (1894), pp. 729-735; See also:

TALFOURD, SIR THOMAS NOON (1795-1854)

Talfourd See also:

Ely, " A See also:

CYPRIAN, SAINT [Caecilius Cyprianus, called THASCIUS] (c. 200–258)

Cyprian See also:

TERRACOTTA

Terracotta," in the Archaeological See also:

Journal (1896) ; A. Baumeister, Denkmdler See also:

DES

des klassischen Altertums, iii. (1888). 1 For the See also:

ABBREVIATION (Lat. brevis, short)

abbreviation, cf. See also:

Lucas, Prisca (=Priscilla), Sopater (= Sosipater).

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