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ID: 901002565
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002565
Record Type: Character/Person

Papposilenus

Note: Representation of Silenus as an elderly man, particularly as a stock character in satyr play or comedy.

Names:
Papposilenus (preferred,English-P,D)
Papposilenos (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Silenus (Greek character) (I)
................Papposilenus (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... literary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Papposilenus
................Getty Museum, Art of Ancient Greek Theater (2010-2011)
Papposilenos
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Getty Museum, Art of Ancient Greek Theater (2010-2011)

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