Crossword clues for silenus
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wanderoo \Wan`der*oo"\, n. [Cingalese wanderu a monkey.] (Zo["o]l.) A large monkey ( Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo.
Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other allied species.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1710, from Greek Seilenos, foster-father of Bacchus and leader of the satyrs; the name is of unknown origin (Klein compares Thracian zilai "wine").
WordNet
n. 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
Wikipedia
In Greek mythology, Silenus (; Greek: Σειληνός Seilēnos) was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus. He is typically older than the satyrs of the Dionysian retinue ( thiasos), and sometimes considerably older, in which case he may be referred to as a Papposilenus. The plural sileni refers to the mythological figure as a type that is sometimes thought to be differentiated from a satyr by having the attributes of a horse rather than a goat, though usage of the two words is not consistent enough to permit a sharp distinction.
Silenus may refer to:
Mythology:
- Silenus, a satyr and companion to Dionysus
Biology:
- A butterfly, Myrina silenus
- A damselfly, Drepanosticta silenus
- The lion-tailed macaque, Macaca silenus
- The prowfish, Zaprora silenus
Usage examples of "silenus".
And there were certainly others who, like the ancient poet Martin Silenus, had stayed alive through a combination of WorldWeb-era medicine, Poulsen treatments, and sheer determination.
Bob Coggan was sent home for his ill manners, and tranquility was restored by Jacob Smallbury, who volunteered a ballad as inclusive and interminable as that with which the worthy toper old Silenus amused on a similar occasion the swains Chromis and Mnasylus, and other jolly dogs of his day.
Whilst we were at supper, Apollo played on the harp, Silenus danced a cordax, and the Muses repeated Hesiod's Theogony, and the first Ode of Pindar.
Martin Silenus watched out the window for one full hour, fighting the tides of reawakening pain and the terrible sleepy urge to return to fugue state.
Martin Silenus sniffed ajar, found a knife on the sandwich plate, and added great dollops of horseradish to his sandwiches.
The Sequoia Sempervirens had been in low orbit around Old Earth -- or just plain "Earth" as Martin Silenus demanded we call it -- for several hours.
Silenus shrugged, feeling the heat and dizziness whirl around him.