Scull, Sarah Amelia · Philadelphia : Porter & Coates · leaf 336
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.… … Silenus. CENTAURS. 335 the cases of the other Satyrs. The finest type is thatof Silenus holding the infant Dionysus (Villa Borghese). CENTAURS. The home of the Centaurs was in Thessaly, near If Mount Pelion. The original inhabitants of this region were savage people, one of whose customs was hunting
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