| The entrance to the ecstatic Dionysiac world in the Villa of the Mysteries is marked by Silenus playing a cithara at the edge of a rocky landscape. |
| His characteristics evoke those of Silenus or the portrait of an idealized philosopher. |
| The gadroons on the underside look very Iranian but the grinning bearded Silenus mask that takes the place of the boss in comparable Iranian pieces is strictly Greek. |
| In the earlier rendition, Titian depicts Silenus in the background, asleep and slumped over. |
| The beautiful statuette of Silenus, already described, was found in this house. |
| A satyr lifts her vest, while Silenus and other figures look on in admiration. |
