Scull, Sarah Amelia · Philadelphia : Porter & Coates · leaf 336
e, not sensual. The in-dications of the departurefrom the human type arepointed ears; and this type,hke the exquisite concep-tion of Hawthornes Mar-ble Fmin^ has the earspartly concealed by wavesof hair. 2. In other types theanimal nature began toexhibit more decided cha-racteristics: horns… … Head of Satyr. SILENUS AND SILENI. The oldest Satyrs werecalled Sileni—some havesaid from having flat noses. Great prominence wasgiven to one of these Sileniunder the name of Silenus.He was foster-father of Di-onysus, and was his constantcompanion after that godcommenced his journeys ofconquest.…
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