Silenus

Role: mythical being · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 4

In Book 1, Chapter 4, Midas captures Silenus by pouring wine into a well. In Book 1, Chapter 23, a place is said to be where Silenus rested when Dionysus came to the land.

Book 3, Chapter 25, cites lines of Pindar as evidence that Silenus was brought up at Malea. In Book 6, Chapter 1, an inscription identifies Cleogenes as Silenus’s son; in Chapter 24, a temple is dedicated to Silenus alone, not jointly to him and Dionysus.

Relationship record

Life events

Midas captures Silenus by pouring wine into a well.(Book 1 · Chapter 4)
- With: Midas
- “which Midas, they say, poured wine into that he might capture Silenus.”

Book 1 · Chapter 4

with Midas (Midas attempted to capture Silenus.) “which Midas, they say, poured wine into that he might capture Silenus.”

Book 1 · Chapter 23

with Dionysus (interaction) “on which they say Silenus rested, when Dionysus came to the land”

Book 3 · Chapter 25

with Pindar (Pindar's lines describe Silenus's upbringing.) “That Silenus was brought up at Malea is plain from these lines of Pindar,”

Book 6 · Chapter 1

child: Cleogenes (parent->child) “the inscription on the statue of Cleogenes, the son of Silenus, says that he was of the district”

Book 6 · Chapter 24

with Dionysus (The temple is dedicated to Silenus alone rather than jointly to Silenus and Dionysus.) “There is also there a temple of Silenus, dedicated to Silenus alone, and not in common to him and Dionysus”
with Dionysus (The temple is explicitly dedicated to Silenus alone rather than jointly to Silenus and Dionysus.) “There is also there a temple of Silenus, dedicated to Silenus alone, and not in common to him and Dionysus, and Drunkenness is filling his cup.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.