Thousands upon thousands of years ago two young men played together, running through the woods before the world had wine. One was a God destined to live forever, the other was a satyr, nimble but doomed to die.

The story was immortalized in the Dionysiaca written by Nonnus in the 4th century CE.

http://loverofthemuses.tumblr.com/post/108967718997/dionysus-and-ampelos-dionysiaca-nonnus

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