Silenus, the elderly, white-haired and wild-looking satyr, is a popular figure in South Italian vase painting. The Museo di Antichità ‘J.J. Winckelmann’ of Trieste hosts a high-quality bell crater, manufactured in the Capuan workshop of the Laghetto, Caivano and Errera Painters. On the obverse a Silenus is in conversation with Dionysus. The details of the costume, footwear and face reveal that it is an actor wearing a costume.
