• Silenus took young Dionysus under his care in a cave on mount Nysa, in Caria. The Nysiades – local deities/nymphs – helped raise the child which grew to...
  • In this statue, Silenus holds baby Dionysus in his arms. Silenus is crowned with a wreath of ivy and rests on a tree trunk covered with an animal skin.
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  • The god Silenus carries the infant Dionysus (Roman Bacchus) on his shoulders. The rustic deity clashes a pair of symbols and the child holds a bunch of grapes.
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  • A statue of Silenus with the young God Dionysus on his arm. The ancient Greeks and Romans had Gods for nearly everything.
  • Silenus was described as the oldest, wisest and most drunken of the followers of Dionysus, and was said in Orphic hymns to be the young god's tutor.
  • The role of Silenus in painting and sculpture. Video: Silenus is the teacher and companion of Dionysus.
  • Silenus (also spelt Silenos) is a rustic god of the forest, drunkenness and wine-making in Greek mythology. He is best known as the companion and foster father...
  • Silenus was a companion of the god of wine Dionysus in Greek mythology. He was much older than the satyrs, followers of the god, and had the character...
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  • Silenus, the happy drunk from Ancient Greece that taught Dionysus how to party. A statue of Silenus with the young God Dionysus on his arm.
  • The character’s left arm is leaning against the pillar, and the blue veins on the hands of Silenus cradling the infant Dionysus are very obvious, vivid, and lifelike.