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Silenus ( - )

Tutor of Dionysos. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-5723?rskey=5BsdBN&result=2&q=silenus Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silenus Relationships: Silenus was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Bacchus / Dionysus (-)

References in Documents:

Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Silenus seated on an ass, accompanied by a band of Baccant women – a silver sheet coin.