His nourishment was received from a goat, who was afterwards placed among the heavenly constellations, having given his skin to form a shield, and one of his horns, which was presented to the nymphs, and named the Horn of Plenty. […] To thee alone is given the right to gaze Into the fate prepared for all who live. […] To whom was voice, and sense, and science given Of works divine, such wonders are in heaven!” […] Divine honours were given to Silenus in Arcadia, and from him the Fauns and Satyrs are often called Sileni. […] The creature is said to have answered the description which poets and painters have given of the Satyrs.