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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 ...
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 ...
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Ariadne is the sister of the Minotaur, a half-human, half-bull creature that Theseus is ordered to slay. Ariadne is in love with Theseus, but he abandons her after she helps him out of the ...
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]
Evanthes, brother of Oenopion, [1] son of Ariadne and Dionysus. His mother was probably the nymph Helice and his only sister was Merope who was raped by the giant Orion. Together with his brothers, Talus, Melas, Salagus and Athamas, they followed their father when he sailed from Crete to settle in Chios. [2]
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]