<div>Sorry I'm a little late to this part of the discussion.</div><div><br></div>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.<div>
<br></div><div>Then there's Argentina ("silver" or "shining" place) -- hello Borges, Nessus.</div><div><br></div><div>Phanes is "the shining one" or "argent."</div><div><br></div>
<div>Dionysus/Phanes is in every book Wolfe has written.</div>