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Ariadne bore Dionysus famous children, including Oenopion, Staphylus, and Thoas. Dionysus set her wedding diadem in the heavens as the constellation Corona Borealis. Ariadne was faithful to Dionysus. In one version of her myth, Perseus killed her at Argos by turning her to stone with the head of Medusa during Perseus' war with Dionysus. [22]
Specifically on Naxos, two distinct festivals with the same name were held. One was dedicated to the abandoned Ariadne by Theseus, and the other honored Ariadne as the wife of the god Dionysus and mother of Staphylus and Oenopion, who, according to local tradition, were considered different figures. In Naxos, one tradition suggests that Ariadne ...
Staphylus, son of wine-god Dionysus and Ariadne. [1] Staphylus, beloved of Dionysus, from the island of Thasos. It is thanks to Dionysus' love for him that Thasian wine is distinguished. [2] Staphylus, in a reconstructed myth, the son of Bacchus and Erigone, where Bacchus assumed the form of a grape which Erigone ate. She immediately realized ...
In Greek mythology, Staphylus (/ ˈ s t æ f ɪ l ə s /; Ancient Greek: Στάφυλος, 'grape cluster') was the son of wine-god Dionysus [1] and Ariadne. [2] His brothers include Oenopion, Thoas, Peparethus, Euanthes [3] and Phanus. [4] Another source stated that Staphylus's brothers were Maron, Thoas, and Eunous. [5]
Athens' ritual queen, the basilinna, underwent a ceremony of marriage to the god. She was assisted by the gerarai, 14 Athenian matrons chosen by her husband the archon basileus, who were sworn to secrecy. [9] Burkert regarded the ceremony as a recreation of the yielding of Ariadne to Dionysus by Theseus during their escape from Crete. [12]
In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") [1] was a son of the god Dionysus and Ariadne, the daughter of the Cretan king Minos. He was the king of Lemnos when the Lemnian women decided to kill all the men on the island. He was the only man to survive the massacre, having been saved by his daughter Hypsipyle. [2]
Dionysus teaching the art of wine-drinking to his son Oenopion, on an Attic black-figured amphora from Vulci (ca. 540-530 BC) by Exekias. In Greek mythology, Oenopion / ɪ ˈ n oʊ p i ə n / (Ancient Greek: Οἰνοπίων, Oinopíōn, English translation: "wine drinker", "wine-rich" or "wine face" [1]) was a legendary king of Chios, and was said to have brought winemaking to the island ...
Ariadne was a Cretan princess, half-sister of the Minotaur, who had eloped with Theseus after he had killed the Minotaur. Theseus subsequently abandoned her on the island of Naxos where she was discovered by Bacchus. Bacchus and Ariadne were married and Ariadne elevated to join the gods, immortalised as the constellation Corona Borealis.