Ampelos
deity earth Greek single tradition · 2
Ampelos is a beautiful satyr youth who was loved by Dionysus. According to Nonnus, Ampelos was gored to death by a wild bull after he mocked the goddess Selene. Upset by his death, Dionysus transformed Ampelos's body into the first grape vine and created wine from his blood.
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When
- First attested
- 1000 BCE
- Attested period
- -1000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in Nonnus's Dionysiaca.
Relationships
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Various ampelose—also "Ampelos" in the singular—also appear in Greek mythology a variety of hamadryad.”
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“his former love, Ampelos, both as boy-satyr, and as the grapevine into which he was transformed.”
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