Staphylus (son of Dionysus)

For other uses, see Staphylus.
Marble relief of the 4th century BC depicting Staphylus (l) with Athena (r)

In Greek mythology, Staphylus (/ˈstæfɪləs/; 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]

  1. ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.16
  2. ^ Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 3.997; Apollodorus, E.1.9
  3. ^ Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 3.996
  4. ^ Hermann Steuding; Karl Pomeroy Harrington; Herbert Cushing Tolman (1897). Greek and Roman Mythology. Original from Harvard University: Leach, Shewell, and Sanborn. pp. 68, 69 (item 92). Staphylus grape.
  5. ^ Theophilus of Antioch, To Autolycus 7