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Mosaic from the so-called "House of the drunk Silenus" in Thysdrus (El Djem), Tunisia - late 2nd early 3rd century CE, now in the El Djem Musée Archéologique, Tunisia.

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2021-11-16

And the very last myth and history selection
Achilles & Patroclus, Silenus & Dyonysus, Hadrian & Antinous, Nereus, Lupercus, Hermes, Harmonious & Aristogeiton, Agrius and Oreius, Triton, Apollo & Cyparissus


https://t.co/hwfi7YfH24

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2021-08-19

15 Dutch & Flemish drawings have been lent by The Queen to 's exhibition. A highlight by shows a nymph staining the face of Silenus with mulberries while he is caught in a drunken stupor. https://t.co/fLkO1AsGAU

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2021-06-16

For a marvellous wall painting depicting Cupid and Pan fighting while watched by Silenus. The fight between Cupid and Pan is commonly interpreted as the conflict between love and sexual desire.
From the House of Meleager, Pompeii. 1/2

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2021-06-11

In the 1840s the critics still failed to recognise his genius. However in 1845 Baudelaire took up his cause. He declared Corot as the leader of the modern school of landscape painting. Louise Claire Sennegon (1837), The Artist’s Niece (1837), Silenus (1838) & Young Woman (1838)

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2021-05-29

London’s have reidentified its first ever Nicolas Poussin acquisition, long believed to be a copy, as an original!

The Triumph of Silenus (ca. 1637) will feature in the upcoming exhibition “Poussin and Dance”, set to open in October.

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2021-05-03

the old rustic god of wine-making and drunkenness was the foster-father of young Dionysos entrusted to him by Hermes after his birth. Get my Silenus printed on awesome products. https://t.co/G3XD8yvetV

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2021-04-19