Σῑληνός,
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 .
2). 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.,
IG 12.51 (v B.C.), Kretschmer
Griech.Vaseninschr. p.132 .)