Meis uses the figure of Silenus to ask a provocative question: . This is not a literal inquiry but a philosophical one about the nature of divinity and reality.
Meis argues that the "drunkenness" of Silenus represents a moment when the orderly, rational facade of our world (the Apollonian) cracks, revealing a messy, violent, but undeniably real underlying truth (the Dionysian). The Drunken Silenus On Gods, Goats, and the _s ...
The most famous story involving Silenus—recounted in the book—is his encounter with : Meis uses the figure of Silenus to ask