Ampelos

American  

[am-puh-los] / ˈæm pəˌlɒs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a satyr who was placed among the stars by Dionysus.

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Example Sentences

The five-course menu is $125 per person and includes wine pairings: strawberry gazpacho with pickled red beet, brioche toast and jamon, served with 2013 Ampelos Rose of Syrah; market eggplant, vacouvan and couscous, with 2012 Ampelos Viognier; porcini tart with 2012 Ampelos Pinot Noir; black-pepper-crusted duck with plum and pistachio, with 2010 Ampelos Syrache; honey crumb granola with Petrossian Tante Bella tea gelato and milk powder, with 2010 Ampelos Late Harvest Viognier.

From Los Angeles Times

And so it does, albeit with the not inconsiderable consolation, for humanity, of the invention of wine, as the dead Ampelos is transfigured into the first vine.

From The Guardian

Later in the collection, in "Dionysus in Love" – with its echoes of the temptation of Christ, the fall of Satan and the story of Icarus – the satyr Ampelos's attempt to emulate Dionysus's mastery of wild creatures is bound to end in tears, even for the god "who never wept".

From The Guardian

They hired wine consultants and built up what has become Ampelos Cellars, which produces about 3,500 cases of nine different wines.

From Reuters

The young god was represented walking with leisurely but vigorous step, supporting himself upon the shoulder of the little satyr as the vine supports itself, with tendrils trailed about branches and trunk, on the propping tree from which the child Ampelos took his name.

From Project Gutenberg