Family
The family of Silenus
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 13
Kinship in an account 3
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (child) Hermes Olympian god in Greek religion and mythology; the emissary and messenger of the gods; the god of trade, heraldry, merchants, commerce, roads, thieves, trickery, sports, travelers, and athletes; the son of Zeus and the Pleiad Maia -
child of (child) Pan Greek god of the mountain wilds, shepherds, flocks, rustic music, fertility, spring, and theatrical criticism, with the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat - partner of (spouse) Nais character in Greek myth
Family 10
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a marriage · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (mother) Gaia Greek primordial deity, the personification of the Earth - child of (father) Hermes Olympian god in Greek religion and mythology; the emissary and messenger of the gods; the god of trade, heraldry, merchants, commerce, roads, thieves, trickery, sports, travelers, and athletes; the son of Zeus and the Pleiad Maia
- child of (father) Pan Greek god of the mountain wilds, shepherds, flocks, rustic music, fertility, spring, and theatrical criticism, with the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat
- parent of (child) Dolion son of Silenus in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Leneus mythical son of Silenus
- parent of (father) Maron mythical son of Euanthes
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parent of (father) Pholus centaur in Greek mythology - parent of (child) Silens satyr-like semi-divine followers of Dionysus in Greek mythology
- partner of Melia in Greek mythology, nymph and consort of Silenus, mother of the centaur Pholus
- married to Nais character in Greek myth
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
10 statements on this record
- 10 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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