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👤 Seilenos

  • We use this entity to also capture appearances of the Seilenoi (i.e. in the plural)
  • Alternative names
    Silenos
    Alternative name
    👤 Pyrrhichos (alt. Seilenos)
    Information
    attendant of Dionysos
    Sometimes conflated with
    👤 Maron priest of Apollo👤 Marsyas (Phrygian) lost musical competition with Apollo👤 Olympos (f. of Marsyas) father or student 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
    Father of
    👤 Pholos (centaur I) centaur killed accidentally by Heracles' arrows👥 the Satyrs creatures with bestial features, often associated with Dionysos👤 Dolion (Mysian) son of Seilenos and Melia👤 Staphylus (s. of Silenus) invented mixing wine with water according to Pliny
    Husband of
    👤 Nais (w. of Seilenos) wife of Seilenos
    Has children with
    👤 Melia (Mysian) mother of Dolion
    Eponym of
    🏛️ the Spring of Seilenos (Naxos)
    Ruler of
    🌍 Nysa (Libya) unlocatable city in Lake Triton, associated with Dionysos
    Enslaved to
    👤 Polyphemos (Cyclops) a Cyclops whom Odysseus blinds
    Creates
    🏛️ the Spring of Seilenos (Pyrrhichos)
    Kills
    👤 Encelados (giant) giant
    Cult sites
    🌍 Elis (city) city in Elis🌍 India subcontinent east of the Arabian Sea🌍 Naxos (island) island in the Aegean Sea
    Commentary
    We use this entity to also capture appearances of the Seilenoi (i.e. in the plural)
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