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A theme in Greek philosophy and literature is the wisdom of Silenus, which posits an antinatalist philosophy: You, most blessed and happiest among humans, may well consider those blessed and happiest who have departed this life before you, and thus you may consider it unlawful, indeed blasphemous, to speak anything ill or false of them, since ...
The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον, Greek pronunciation: [sympósi̯on], romanized: Sympósion, lit. 'Drinking Party') is a Socratic dialogue by Plato, dated c. 385 – 370 BC. [1] [2] It depicts a friendly contest of extemporaneous speeches given by a group of notable Athenian men attending a banquet.
Articles relating to Silenus and his depictions. He was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus . He is typically older than the satyrs of the Dionysian retinue ( thiasos ), and sometimes considerably older, in which case he may be referred to as a Papposilenus .
This list of ancient Greek philosophers contains philosophers who studied in ancient Greece or spoke Greek. Ancient Greek philosophy began in Miletus with the pre-Socratic philosopher Thales [1] [2] and lasted through Late Antiquity. Some of the most famous and influential philosophers of all time were from the ancient Greek world, including ...
In Greek mythology, maenads (/ ˈ m iː n æ d z /; Ancient Greek: μαινάδες) were the female followers of Dionysus and the most significant members of his retinue, the thiasus. Their name, which comes from μαίνομαι ( maínomai , “to rave, to be mad; to rage, to be angry”), [ 1 ] literally translates as 'raving ones'.
In Greek vase painting Hermaphroditus was depicted as a winged youth with male and female attributes. [27] Roman frescos found at Pompeii and Herculaneum show Hermaphroditus in various styles, alone and interacting with satyrs, Pan and Silenus. [28] The Nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus by Francois-Joseph Navez, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent
The Apollonian and the Dionysian are philosophical and literary concepts represented by a duality between the figures of Apollo and Dionysus from Greek mythology.Its popularization is widely attributed to the work The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche, though the terms had already been in use prior to this, [1] such as in the writings of poet Friedrich Hölderlin, historian Johann ...
Silenus Calatinus (Σιληνός) was a Sicilian Greek historian of Magna Graecia of the 2nd century BC [1] who wrote a history in Greek of Hannibal's campaign in Italy from 218 to 204 BC. His work is known only from fragments and borrowings by other authors. [2] Silenus was probably a native of Caleacte in northern Sicily.