Ampelos


Ampelos or Ampelus was a personification of the grapevine and lover of Dionysus in Greek and Roman mythology. He was a satyr that either turned into a Constellation or the grape vine, due to Dionysus.

Nonnus

In Nonnus's etiology, Ampelos is a beautiful satyr youth, who was loved by Dionysus, and whose death was foreseen by the god. There are two versions of his death and Dionysus's reaction to it. According to Nonnus, Ampelos was gored to death by a wild bull after he mocked the goddess Selene, a scene described as follows:
Upset by his death, Dionysus transformed Ampelos's body into the first grape vine and created wine from his blood.

Ovid

The second version involves grape vines in a different manner. According to Ovid:

Dryad

Various ampelosealso "Ampelos" in the singularalso appear in Greek mythology a variety of hamadryad.