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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]
Hypsipyle's father was Thoas, [3] who was the son of Dionysus and Ariadne. [4] According to the Iliad, Hypsipyle was the mother, by Jason, of Euneus. [5] Later sources say that Hypsipyle had, in addition to Euneus, a second son by Jason. [6]
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 died a natural death on the island, and she was honored with sacrifices ...
In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (/ d aɪ. ə ˈ n aɪ s ə s /; Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος Diónysos) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre.
Hypsipyle saves Thoas. 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.
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]
Name God/Goddess of Parents Married to Immortal Children Notes Dionysus: Wine, Festivity, Madness Zeus (Sky) and Semele: Ariadne (Mazes) : Priapus (Vegetable patchs), Methe (Drunkness), Thysa (The Bacchic frenzy), Telete (The initiation rites of the Bacchic Orgies), Iacchus (The ritual cry of the Eleusinian Mysteries), Pasithea (Rest, relaxation), Charites (Grace, joy, mirth, beauty, glory ...