Dionysus

James Wynn · 29 Nov 2010, 23:26 · from 2010-November.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:26:59 -0600
Subject: (urth) Dionysus
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> Lee Berman-
> Hound asks about the reason Silk is sometimes referred to as Silver Silk and Silent Silk. My
> guess is that this is an allusion to a couple satyrs/fauns who are associated with the Dionysus
> cult, Silvanus and Silenus.

I think this is an excellent and significant guess.

> The name Inire could be inspired from an epithet or nickname of
> Faunus which is Inuus. [snip] The various monkey references could be
> related to the fact that Inuus is an archaic monkey genus. Moreover I've found two of the
> species in this genus especially interesting: Inuus sylvanus (barbary ape) and Inuus silenus
> (lion monkey).

I think you are on to something here. I don't know what. But I smell game.

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