mieux que Σειληνός, οῦ (ὁ) [ῑ] Silènos (Silène) :
      1 compagnon de Dionysos ;
      2 autres, PLUT. Lys. 26, etc.

➳ Dans les inscr. att. Σιληνός, CIA. 1, 33, 3 (433 av. J.C.) ; v. Meisterh. p. 43.

s. LGPN

ὁ, Silenus, companion of Dionysus, Pi. Fr. 156 (s.v.l.), Hdt. 7.26, 8.138, etc. ; father of the Satyrs, E. Cyc. 13, 82, 269; the older Satyrs were called Σιληνοί, h.Ven. 262, D.S. 3.72; but S. was distinguished by prophetic powers, Ael. VH 3.18.
a figure of Silenus, used as a casket for precious pieces of sculpture, Pl. Smp. 215a, 215b. (Freq. written Σειλ-, but Σιλ- in early Inscrr., IG1². 51 (v BC), Kretschmer Griech. Vaseninschr. p. 132.)