| The grape design at the base of the little statue, and the snake supporting the candleholder, both are symbols of the sileni. |
| His following is made up of satyrs and sileni and maenads, who seem possessed or intoxicated. |
| Satyrs and sileni are depicted in art and literature in the company of nymphs, whom they constantly pursue. |
| The hitherto silent island of Naxos has startlingly become populated with fauns and maenads and sileni and old Silenus himself swaying inebriate on his donkey. |
