- Alternative names
- Silenos
- Information
- attendant of Dionysos
- Alternative name
- 👤 Pyrrhichos (alt. Seilenos)
- Sometimes conflated with
👤 Maron priest of Apollo
Anonymous, On Unbelievable StoriesMythography & HistoriographyAnonymousGreekLate Antiquity (ca. 306-610 CE)Ps-Alexander, ProblemataPs-AlexanderLate Imperial (ca. 235-330 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Marsyas (Phrygian) lost musical competition with Apollo
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)👤 Olympos (f. of Marsyas) father or student of Marsyas
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)
- Father of
👤 Pholos (centaur I) centaur killed accidentally by Heracles' arrows
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👥 the Satyrs creatures with bestial features, often associated with Dionysos
Euripides, CyclopsTragedy & SatyrEuripidesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
Euripides👤 Dolion (Mysian) son of Seilenos and Melia
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Alexander of AitoliaAlexander of AitoliaEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Middle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)👤 Staphylus (s. of Silenus) invented mixing wine with water according to Pliny
Pliny, Natural HistoryGeographyPlinyLatinEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Husband of
👤 Nais (w. of Seilenos) wife of Seilenos
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)PindarPindarLate Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia
Pindar
- Has children with
👤 Melia (Mysian) mother of Dolion
StraboGeographyStraboGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Alexander of AitoliaAlexander of AitoliaEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Middle Hellenistic (ca. 220-150 BCE)
- Eponym of
🏛️ the Spring of Seilenos (Naxos)Callimachus, AetiaCallimachusGreekEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)Middle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)Callimachus
- Ruler of
🌍 Nysa (Libya) unlocatable city in Lake Triton, associated with Dionysos
Dionysios ScytobrachionMythography & HistoriographyDionysios ScytobrachionGreekEarly Hellenistic (ca. 336-220 BCE)Diodoros, LibraryDiodorosLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)
- Enslaved to
👤 Polyphemos (Cyclops) a Cyclops whom Odysseus blinds
Euripides, CyclopsTragedy & SatyrEuripidesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
Euripides
- Creates
🏛️ the Spring of Seilenos (Pyrrhichos)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Kills
👤 Encelados (giant) giant
Euripides, CyclopsTragedy & SatyrEuripidesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
Euripides
- Cult sites
- 🌍 Naxos (island) 🌍 India 🌍 Elis (city)
- Related Entities
- 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Apollo 👤 Ariadne 👥 the Corybantes 👤 Demeter 👤 Dionysos (Olympian) 👤 Encelados (giant) 👤 Poseidon 👤 Zeus (Olympian) 👤 Ganymedes (s. of Tros) 👥 the Giants 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Naxos (island) 👤 Theseus 👤 Pan (god) 👥 the Muses 👤 Pholos (centaur I) 👤 Polyphemos (Cyclops) 👤 Maron 👤 Marsyas (Phrygian) 👤 Odysseus 👤 Olympos (f. of Marsyas) 👤 Seilenos 🌍 Mount Ida (Troad) 🌍 Phrygia 🌍 Attica 🌍 Cape Malea (Laconia) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Sicily (island) 🌍 Lydia (Asia Minor) 🌍 the Tyrrhenian Sea 🏺 the Wine of Maron 🌍 the Land of the Cyclopes 🌍 Mount Aitna (Sicily) 🌍 India 🌍 Elis (city) 👥 the Tyrrhenian Pirates 👤 Midas 👤 Nais (w. of Seilenos) 👤 Attis 🌍 Pyrrhichos (Laconia) 👤 Pyrrhichos (alt. Seilenos) 👤 Priapos 🏛️ the Spring of Midas (Phrygia) 🏛️ the Seat of Seilenos (Athens) 🏛️ the Spring of Seilenos (Pyrrhichos) 👥 the Nymphs of Mount Ida (Troad) 👥 the Companions of Odysseus 👥 the Satyrs 👤 Hermaphroditos 👤 Sabazios 👤 Cydippe (Naxian) 🏛️ the Spring of Seilenos (Naxos) 🌍 River Indos (India) 🌍 Nysa (Libya) 🌍 Latium (Italy) 🌍 Mount Bermion (N. Greece) 👤 Dolion (Mysian) 👤 Melia (Mysian) 👤 Pomona 👤 Vertumnus 👤 Staphylus (s. of Silenus)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.4 📖 Pausanias 1.4.5 📖 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 📖 Pausanias 3.25.1-3.25.2 📖 Euripides, Cyclops 545-575 📖 Euripides, Cyclops 680-709 📖 Anonymous, On Unbelievable Stories 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 📖 Pindar fr. 156 Snell-Maehler 📖 Pindar fr. 157 Snell-Maehler 📖 Strabo 10.3.14 📖 Strabo 10.3.10 📖 Strabo 14.5.29 📖 Vergil, Eclogues 6 📖 Strabo 12.4.8 📖 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, Library Pausanias Pindar Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite Euripides, Cyclops Strabo Anonymous, On Unbelievable Stories Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, Dionysos Lucian, Parliament of the Gods Lucian, Icaromenippus Diodoros, Library Ovid, Metamorphoses Vergil, Eclogues Conon, Narrations Achaios Pliny, Natural History
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Pindar fr. 156 Snell-Maehler 📖 Ps-Alexander, Problemata 111-13 Kapetanaki & Sharples 📖 Alexander of Aitolia fr. 9 Lightfoot 📖 Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 10 Rusten
- Depictions
- 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Vettii VI 15, 1, Pompeii (PALP r6-i15-p1-space-q) 🎨 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 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
- 🌍 Libya (North Africa) 🌍 Cape Malea (Laconia)