Ampelos
Sign in to save250px|thumb|right|Bacchus e Ampelus (Uffizi, Florence) Ampelos (, lit."Vine") or Ampelus (Latin) was a personification of the grapevine and lover of Dionysus in Greek and Bacchus in Roman mythology. He was a satyr that Dionysus either turned into a constellation or the grape vine.
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250px|thumb|right|Bacchus e Ampelus (Uffizi, Florence) Ampelos (, lit."Vine") or Ampelus (Latin) was a personification of the grapevine and lover of Dionysus in Greek and Bacchus in Roman mythology. He was a satyr that Dionysus either turned into a constellation or the grape vine.
== Mythology ==
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