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Silenus

The foster-father of Bacchus, fond of music, and a prophet, but indomitably lazy, wanton, and given to debauch. He is described as a jovial old man, with bald head, pug nose, and face like Bardolph's.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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