Editing Silenus (section)

===Papposilenus===
Papposilenus is a representation of Silenus that emphasizes his old age, particularly as a [[stock character]] in [[satyr play]] or [[Greek comedy|comedy]]. In [[vase painting]], his hair is often white, and as in statuettes, Papposilenus has a [[wikt:potbelly|pot belly]], flabby breasts and shaggy thighs. In these depictions, it is often clear that the Papposilenus is an actor playing a part. His costuming includes a body stocking tufted with hair (''mallōtos chitōn'') that seems to have come into use in the mid-5th century BC.<ref>Albin Lesky, ''A History of Greek Literature,'' translated by Cornelis de Heer and James Willis (Hackett, 1996, originally published 1957 in German), p. 226; Guy Hedreen, "Myths of Ritual in Athenian Vase-Paintings of Silens", in: ''The Origins of Theater in Ancient Greece and Beyond: From Ritual to Drama'' (Cambridge University Press, 2007), p. 151.</ref>

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File:Greek - Papposilenos Playing the Double Flute - Walters 541076.jpg|Papposilenus playing an [[aulos]], bronze from 3rd century BC, ([[Walters Art Museum]])
File:Papposilenoi Met 25.78.66 n01.jpg|Two papposilenoi as singers at the [[Panathenaia]] on an Attic [[red-figure pottery|red-figure]] [[krater|bell-krater]] attributed to [[Polion]], {{circa|420 BC}}
File:Altes romano 11.TIF|Actor as Papposilenus, {{circa|100 AD}}, after 4th century BC original ([[Altes Museum]], [[Berlin]])
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