Ampelus

In the version attested in Ovid's Fasti, Ampelus is described as an "unshorn" youth, the son of a nymph and a satyr, beloved of Bacchus (Liber). While rashly plucking showy grapes from a vine that trailed from an elm on the Ismarian hills he tumbled and was killed; Bacchus then bore the lost youth to the stars and the vine is said in the poem to take its name from the boy. This narrative functions etiologically to explain the vine's name and a Bacchic stellar memorial.

Sources give only sparse description. Ovid characterizes him as "unshorn" and records his parentage as son of a nymph and a satyr; no detailed physical description (height, clothing, precise features) is supplied in the cited passages.

No independent supernatural powers are attributed to Ampelus in the provided sources. His role is narrative/etiological: his death and Bacchic favor explain the naming of the vine and his apotheosis among the stars. Modern catalogue entries (e.g., Wikidata) sometimes label him as a hamadryad nymph, but this classification conflicts with Ovid's masculine depiction and is therefore uncertain.