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Silenus
Σιληνός , Sīlēnos grc
Figure in Greek mythology; tutor to Dionysus
Overview
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Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 13
Kinship in an account 3
- 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
- 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
- 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
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