#silenus

[duckinpink]

Silenus with bb Dionysus!

[tridentandtales]

Roman bronze bust of Silenus (the tutor of Dionysus), originally part of a bronze kline

50 - 125 CE

Metropolitan Museum of Art 55.129.2

[katerinaaqu]

The way that Silenus calls Odysseus "notorious rattler" in Euripides's "Cyclops" would never stop being funny to me!

Silenus: Oh, I know this man! The notorious rattler, the spawn of Sisyphus! Odysseus: Yup! That's me, but don't push it too much!

(Translation by me)

Now the word used is κρόταλον which is a musical instrument similar to castanets in conception! Hahaha basically two pieces of wood striking against each other

so essentially something or in this case someone that makes noise! Hahaha and the word δριμύ is a neutral-gender word that means "terrible" or "harsh" or "strong" in some slang but at this case means "infamous" or "notorious" hahaha

So essentially Silenus calls Odysseus "a yapper" essentially hahaha and he goes like "Oh yeah it's THAT son of a bitch!" hahahaha

Also Odysseus uses the verb "λοιδορέω" which stands with "abuse" or "revile" so it almost feels like Odysseus plays along with the words of Silenus but he also warns him not to push it too much hahaha so we could say he is slightly annoyed but answers with humor to the situation.

[gemsofgreece]

Silenós of Pella, 3rd century BC. Photos by Stefanos Pasvantis.

Silenus (/saɪˈliːnəs/; Ancient Greek: Σιληνός Sīlēnós [siːlɛːnós] or Σειληνός Seilēnós [seːlɛːnós]) was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus. He is typically older than the satyrs of the Dionysian retinue (thiasos), and sometimes considerably older, in which case he may be referred to as a Papposilenus. Silen and its plural sileni refer to the mythological figure as a type that is sometimes thought to be differentiated from a satyr by having the attributes of a horse rather than a goat, though usage of the two words is not consistent enough to permit a sharp distinction. Silenus presides over other daimons and is related to musical creativity, prophetic ecstasy, drunken joy, drunken dances and gestures.

[apollomes-supremacy]

Silenus, foster father of Dionysus, with two little Satyrisci (child satyrs) 🤏🤲

I like imagining Silenus as a grumpy but caring nurse to all the young satyrs in his tribe, he’s like everyone’s grandpa lol

Some references! Satyrs don’t seem to have horns but Ampelus apparently has them, so why not

[starweaverblog]

Can you draw Dionysus and Silenus?

So in the musical we have decided to call Dionysus toothpick as a headcanon because he would be slim at a younger age that Silenus and the nymphs would tease him for it 🤣

[igorlevchenko-blog]

Portrait of a Satyr

Digital painting. Photoshop. 2019

[nemfrog]

Silenus.

Dizionario illustrato dei simbol. 1922.

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