Σιληνός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="title">Silenus</span>, companion of Dionysus, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>156</span> (s. v.l.), <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.26</span>, <span class="bibl">8.138</span>, etc.; father of the Satyrs, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>13</span>,<span class="bibl">82</span>,<span class="bibl">269</span>: the older Satyrs were called [[Σιληνοί]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>262</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.3.72</span>; but S. was distinguished by prophetic powers, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>3.18</span>. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[a figure of Silenus]], used as a casket for precious pieces of sculpture, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span> 215a</span>, <span class="bibl">215b</span>. (Freq. written <b class="b3">Σειλ-</b>, but <b class="b3">Σιλ-</b> in early Inscrr., <span class="title">IG</span>12.51 (v B.C.), Kretschmer <span class="title">Griech.Vaseninschr.</span>p.132.)</span>