Associations to the word «Silenus»

Wiktionary

SILENUS, proper noun. (Greek mythology) A companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus.

Dictionary definition

SILENUS, noun. Any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs).
SILENUS, noun. The chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin