What is the meaning of Silenus?

noun

  • Any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs. )
  • The chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey. .
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