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Italy, Pompeii. Villa of the Mysteries. Ancient Roman suburban Villa. Frescoes depicting a bride initiating into a Bacchian Mysteries in preparation for marriage, 1st century AD. Date: 2014
Long-tailed macaque, Macaca silenus. Endangered. Simia silenus L. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joseph Kellner after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers
Lion-tailed macaque, Macaca silenus. Endangered. (Wanderoo monkey, Macacus silenus.) From a specimen in Edinburgh Zoological Gardens. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H
Lion-tailed macaque, pig-tailed macaque and toque macaqueWanderoo or lion-tailed macaque, Macaca silenus (endangered), northern pig-tailed macaque, Macaca leonina (vulnerable), and toque macaque, Macaca sinica (endangered)
Lion-tailed macaque or wanderoo, Macaca silenus. Endandered. Ouanderou. Copperplate engraving by Defehrt after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Georges-Louis Leclerc
Bacchus contemplates the sleeping Ariadne on NaxosBacchus, an amorino, and his tutor Silenus with long thyrsus, contemplate the sleeping Ariadne on the island of Naxos. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum
Bacchus watching a fight between Cupid and a satyrBacchus in crown of vine leaves watching a fight between Cupid and a satyr. Silenus has his right hand on the head of a satyr
The education of Bacchus. Three nymphs offer a bunch of grapes to the little god Bacchus who is raised up by his tutor Silenus. Mercury sits at right with a cithara (lyre)
SILENUSAttendant and nurse of Bacchus, usually drunk
Statue of a Silenus. Roman sculpture after a model of aboutGreek art. Niche. Statue of a Silenus (old satyr). Roman sculpture after a model of about 330 BC. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany. Europe
Roman Art. Italy. House of Bacchus and Ariadne. Floor mosaic in black and white. It depicts Bacchus with his wife Ariadne and the struggle of Eros and Pan (love and lust)
Decorative relief carved in marble with Dionysius and Silenus. First half of II century a.C. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary
Roman Art. Italy. Ostia Antica. House of Bacchus and Ariadne. Floor mosaic in black and white. It depicts Bacchus with his wife Ariadne and the struggle of Eros and Pan (love and lust)
The Grimani Oinochoe. Middle 5th century BCThe Grimani Oinoche. Peloponnesian bronze jug. C.460-450 BC. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary
Masks of Dionysos and Silenos. Roman relief. 2nd century ADRoman relief depicting masks of Dionysus and Silenos. Marble. First half of 2nd century AD. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary
Dionysos & SilenusDionysos on the left, with his perpetually-drunken teacher and companion Silenus on the right, have a party with some friends
Midas and SilenusFor services rendered, he is offered a wish by Silenus : he foolishly asks that anything he may touch shall be turned to gold... in the end he begs Silenus to withdraw his gift
Freiherr Von Gundling 1JAKOB PAUL Freiherr von GUNDLING : German statesman and historian, treated as a buffoon at the court of Friedrich I - hence this depiction of him as Silenus
Silenus (Rubens)The nurse, attendant and drinking companion of Dionysos / Bacchus