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👤 Seilenos

  • We use this entity to also capture appearances of the Seilenoi (i.e. in the plural)
  • Alternative name
    👤 Pyrrhichos (alt. Seilenos)
    Information
    attendant of Dionysos
    Sometimes conflated with
    👤 Maron👤 Marsyas (Phrygian)👤 Olympos (f. of Marsyas)
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464091
    Trismegistos
    https://www.trismegistos.org/name/5757
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/afU4o_pFQBSw16qI8_iSkgk https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/4LhqpIXOQ9OTto6qUxb0swh
    Gender
    Male
    Appearance and powers
    Has hybrid formCan grant superhuman powers
    Experiences
    ShipwreckedEnslaved
    Father of
    👤 Pholos (centaur I)👥 the Satyrs👤 Dolion (Mysian)👤 Staphylus (s. of Silenus)
    Husband of
    👤 Nais (w. of Seilenos)
    Has children with
    👤 Melia (Mysian)
    Eponym of
    🏛️ the Spring of Seilenos (Naxos)
    Ruler of
    🌍 Nysa (Libya)
    Enslaved to
    👤 Polyphemos (Cyclops)
    Creates
    🏛️ the Spring of Seilenos (Pyrrhichos)
    Kills
    👤 Encelados (giant)
    Cult sites
    🌍 Elis (city)🌍 India🌍 Naxos (island)
    Related entities
    👤 Pholos (centaur I)👤 Midas🏛️ the Spring of Midas (Phrygia)🌍 Cape Malea (Laconia)🌍 Pyrrhichos (Laconia)👤 Pyrrhichos (alt. Seilenos)👤 Nais (w. of Seilenos)🏛️ the Spring of Seilenos (Pyrrhichos)👤 Dionysos (Olympian)🌍 Athens (Attica)🌍 Attica🌍 Elis (city)👤 Hermes🌍 Mount Ida (Troad)👥 the Nymphs of Mount Ida (Troad)👥 the Giants👤 Encelados (giant)🌍 the Tyrrhenian Sea🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily)👥 the Tyrrhenian Pirates👤 Polyphemos (Cyclops)🌍 Sicily (island)👥 the Satyrs👤 Odysseus🏺 the Wine of Maron🌍 the Land of the Cyclopes👥 the Companions of Odysseus👤 Maron👤 Pan (god)🌍 India🌍 River Indos (India)🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor)👤 Aphrodite👤 Apollo👥 the Corybantes👤 Demeter👤 Poseidon👤 Zeus (Olympian)👤 Ganymedes (s. of Tros)👤 Heracles👥 the Muses🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece)👤 Attis👤 Sabazios👤 Ariadne🌍 Naxos (island)👤 Cydippe (Naxian)🏛️ the Spring of Seilenos (Naxos)🌍 Nysa (Libya)👤 Olympos (f. of Marsyas)👤 Marsyas (Phrygian)👤 Dolion (Mysian)👤 Melia (Mysian)👤 Theseus👤 Hermaphroditos🌍 Phrygia🌍 Mount Bermion (N. Greece)👤 Priapos🌍 Latium (Italy)👤 Pomona👤 Vertumnus👤 Staphylus (s. of Silenus)🏛️ the Seat of Seilenos (Athens)👤 Seilenos
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.4📖 Pausanias 1.4.5📖 Pausanias 3.25.1-3.25.2📖 Pausanias 3.25.3📖 Pausanias 1.23.5📖 Pausanias 6.24.8📖 Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite 256-272📖 Euripides, Cyclops 1-40📖 Euripides, Cyclops 131-174📖 Euripides, Cyclops 545-575📖 Euripides, Cyclops 680-709📖 Exerpta Vaticana 17📖 Lucian, Dionysos 1-4📖 Lucian, Dionysos 6📖 Lucian, Parliament of the Gods 4📖 Lucian, Icaromenippus 27📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 67 Harder📖 Diodoros, Library 3.72.1-3.72.6📖 Diodoros, Library 4.4.1-4.4.7📖 Pindar fr. 156 Snell-Maehler📖 Pindar fr. 157 Snell-Maehler📖 Strabo 10.3.14📖 Strabo 10.3.10📖 Strabo 12.4.8📖 Vergil, Eclogues 6📖 Strabo 14.5.29📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.85-11.145📖 Conon, Narrations 1📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 14.609-14.653📖 Achaios FragTrag fr. 29-30 = fr. 27-28 Snell-Kannicht📖 Pliny, Natural History 7.199📖 Pliny, Natural History 16.63.1📖 Achaios FragTrag fr. 50 = fr. 52 Snell-Kannicht
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryPausanias Homeric Hymn 5 to AphroditeEuripides, Cyclops Exerpta VaticanaLucian, DionysosLucian, Parliament of the GodsLucian, IcaromenippusCallimachus, AetiaDiodoros, LibraryPindarStraboVergil, EcloguesOvid, MetamorphosesConon, NarrationsAchaiosPliny, Natural History
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    PindarPs-Alexander, ProblemataDionysios ScytobrachionAlexander of Aitolia
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Pindar fr. 156 Snell-Maehler📖 Ps-Alexander, Problemata 111-13 Kapetanaki & Sharples📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 10 Rusten📖 Alexander of Aitolia fr. 9 Lightfoot
    Depictions
    🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Achille IX 5, 1-3, Pompeii (PALP r9-i5-p2-space-c)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa di Achille IX 5, 1-3, Pompeii (PALP r9-i5-p2-space-f)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vettii VI 15, 1, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p1-space-q)🎨 Wall Painting from Pompeii (MANN 9271)🎨 Wall Painting from Casa del Bracciale d'Oro VI 17, 42, Pompeii (Pompeii 41658)🎨 Attic Red-Figure Volute Krater by the Pronomos Painter (MANN 3240; Beazley 217500)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Cape Malea (Laconia)🌍 Libya (North Africa)
    Commentary
    We use this entity to also capture appearances of the Seilenoi (i.e. in the plural)
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