Maron (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Maron () or Maro (; Ancient Greek: Μάρων, "gen." Μάρωνος) was the hero of sweet wine. He was an experienced man in the cultivation of the vine. 
Family.
Maron was the son of Euanthes (some also call him a son of Oenopion, Silenus, and a pupil of Seilenus), and grandson of Dionysus and Ariadne. As the son of Bacchus and the Cretan princess, Maron was brother to Thoas, Staphylos and Eunous. 
Mythology.
Maron was mentioned among the companions of Dionysus. The city Maroneia in Thrace was named after its founder Maron; there he was venerated in a sanctuary. The god Osiris (Dionysus) left Maron, who was now old, in that land to supervise the culture of the plants which he introduced to the a city. "Maron who haunts the vines at Ismaros and, by planting and pruning them, makes them produce sweet wine, especially when farmers see Maron handsome and splendid, exhaling a breath sweet and smelling of wine."
Maron was also a priest of Apollo at Ismarus and the only one spared by the hero Odysseus when he pillaged the city. In Odyssey (9.200) before making Polyphemus drunk and fall asleep, Odysseus narrates: