The Walk Of Silène Engraving Old Nineteenth Time

  
Antique engraving nineteenth time representing the march of silenus. According to the authors, the genealogy of silene varies: son of pan, of hermes, or of ouranos. Silenus had raised dionysos on Mount Nysa with nymphs; Silenus was very ugly, with a short, flat nose, a thick lip, a big belly, and the look of an animal. He was seen most of the time on a donkey he was struggling with so much he was drunk. However, he had immense wisdom that he revealed to men only under duress. That is why the Midas king resorted to a ruse to extract his knowledge. He had wine poured into the spring where Silenus used to go to drink, and when he was drunk enough to sink into sleep he took him prisoner.

Silene summed up his wisdom which was in a few words: the best thing for man is not to be born and if this misfortune happens to him the best is to die as soon as possible. Silenus would have been the father of the centaur pholos, which he would have had of a nymph of the frenes.

His children, the Silenes, are forest spirits with hairy ears and horse's feet. Great runners of nymphs, they associate themselves well with the processions of maenads and satyrs.

The item "the step of engraving engraving old nineteenth time" is on sale since Monday, March 21, 2016. It is in the category "art, antiquities \ art of the nineteenth and before \ prints, engravings, lithos". The seller is "marseilleantiquites" and is located in / in marseille, bouches-du-rhône. This item can be shipped to the following country: France.

1. type: engraving
2. period: nineteenth and before