Silvanus (mythology)
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Silvanus was a Roman tutelary deity of woods and uncultivated lands. As protector of the forest, he especially presided over plantations and delighted in trees growing wild. He is also described as a
Bronze statue of Silvanus, said to be from Nocera in southern Italy.
Altar decorated with a bas-relief depicting the god Sylvanus Capitoline Museums in Rome.
Head of Silvanus crowned with pine, Centrale Montemartini, Rome.
Silenus
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In Greek mythology, Silenus was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus. He is typically older than the satyrs of the Dionysian retinue, and sometimes considerably older, in which case he may b
Silvanus (mythology)
…Selvans in Etruria (though the validity of this identification has been contested). Silenus, a Greek God, merged with Silvanus in Latin Literature. Pan (god of forests, pastures, and shepherds), in Greco-Roman mythology…
Roman copy of Hellenistic statue of Silenus holding a bunch of grapes and a cup of wine, Vatican Museums (Pius-Clementine Museum, Room of the Muses), Rome
Front side of a Roman sarcophagus, depicting the wedding of Dionysos and Ariadne, with old Silenus figuring in their entourage (sixth figure from the right), 150–160 CE (Glyptothek, Munich)
Papposilenus in a Dionysian procession, bell-krater from Paestum, Magna Graecia, c. 355 BC (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Satyr holding a thyrsus, supporting a drunken ivy-wreathed silenus, from the Borghese Vase, 1st century BC (Louvre)