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  2. Ariadne - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Ariadneia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Staphylus (son of Dionysus) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Bacchus, Venus and Ariadne (Tintoretto) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Dionysus - Wikipedia

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    Birth of Dionysus, on a small sarcophagus that may have been made for a child (Walters Art Museum) [220] The education of Dionysus. Fresco, now in the Museo Nazionale Romano , Rome, c. 20 AD Various different accounts and traditions existed in the ancient world regarding the parentage, birth, and life of Dionysus on earth, complicated by his ...

  7. Bacchus and Ariadne - Wikipedia

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    At the extreme right of the Bacchus and Ariadne is a shaggy Silenus holding a vine-clad staff. According to Luskin, he is the vision Bacchus sees of Eros after Ampelos’ death who, as recounted by Nonnos (Dionysiaca, XI. 351–354), appears to the wine god ‘in the horned shape of a shaggy Seilenos…’ holding a fennel staff. [16]

  8. Hypsipyle - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Jesus in comparative mythology - Wikipedia

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    In an alternative version of the story told by the Roman mythographer Hyginus, Dionysus was actually the son of Zeus and Persephone, [188] who was torn apart by the Titans. [188] Zeus rescued Dionysus's heart, ground it up, and mixed it into a potion, which he gave to Semele to drink, causing her to become pregnant with the infant who had been ...