In
Greek mythology, the
sileni were half-man and half-horse, unlike the
satyrs, who were half-goat. The Sileni were followers of
Dionysus. They were drunks, bald and fat with thick lips and squat noses, and the ears and tail of a
horse. Later, there was only one:
Silenus.
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