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(Greek mythology) A companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus. quotations
As a goat he [Dionysus] can hardly be separated from the minor divinities, the Pans, Satyrs, and Silenuses, all of whom are closely associated with him and are represented more or less completely in the form of goats.
1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 34