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

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2011

Opposite the door are Bacchus and Ampelos, superbly pagan, while a sleeping Cupid is most lovely.

From A Wanderer in Florence by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

The statues in the room should not be missed, particularly the little Genius of Love, the Bacchus and Ampelos, and the spoilt little comely boy supposed to represent—and quite conceivably—the infant Nero.

From A Wanderer in Florence by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

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