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[Nick Lee]

Sorry I'm a little late to this part of the discussion.

If "Silver" refers to "Silvanus" then this might be one of Wolfe's
etymological jokes: "argentum" is silver while "ager" is "field,
wild."  While Silvanus is "god of the woods" he is also a god of
agriculture, like Aristaeus. Argeus (or Agreus) is also an aspect of Pan.

Then there's Argentina ("silver" or "shining" place) -- hello Borges,
Nessus.

Phanes is "the shining one" or "argent."

Dionysus/Phanes is in every book Wolfe has written.
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