In Greek mythology, Staphylus (; ) was the son of wine-god DionysusApollodorus, 1.9.16 and Ariadne.Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 3.997; Apollodorus, E.1.9 His brothers include Oenopion, Thoas, Latramys, Euanthes, TauropolusScholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 3.997, Peparethus, and Phanus. Another source stated that Staphylus's brothers were Maron, Thoas, and Eunous.Theophilus of Antioch, To Autolycus 7
Mythology Staphylus and his brother Phanus are counted among the Argonauts.Apollodorus, 1.9.16
As one of Rhadamanthys' generals, he was the founder of the colony of Peparethos on the island of Skopelos, in the Northern Sporades island chain.Diodorus Siculus, 5.79.2 Staphylus dwelt in Naxos and was married to Chrysothemis, by whom he had three daughters: Rhoeo, who was a lover to Apollo, Parthenos, and Molpadia or Hemithea.Diodorus Siculus, 5.62.3 The latter became the mother of Basileus with Lyrcus after Lyrcus had made a journey to the oracle at Didyma. Staphylus is said to have enticed Lyrcus into too much drinking of wine and then, when Lyrcus' senses were dulled by drunkenness, united him with Hemithea.Parthenius, 1 with sources— Lyrcus of Nicaenetus and the Caunus of Apollonius Rhodius;
In the 12th-century AD lexicon Etymologicum Magnum, Staphylus is credited as the founder of viticulture.Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Staphylus (1); Etymologicum Magnum 742.48.
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