Sīlēnus, i, m., = Σειληνός.
I Silenus , the tutor and constant attendant of Bacchus; represented as baldheaded , with short horns and a flat nose , as drunken , lascivious , and mounted on an ass , Hor. A. P. 239; Verg. E. 6, 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 543; id. F. 1, 399; 1, 413; 6, 339; id. M. 11, 90; 11, 99; Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 114; Hyg. Fab. 191.— Plur. : Sīlēni , gods of the woods , satyrs , Cat. 64, 252; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 110; cf. Serv. Verg. E. 6, 14.—
II A Greek historian , Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49; Liv. 26, 49; Nep. Hann. 13, 3; Plin. 4, 22, 36, § 120.