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Many people have asked us over the past 20 years of being in
the Hotel business "where does the name 'Ino' come from"
and it is time we told our story.
Dionysos, the God of euphoria, vine and wine was chasing the
Amazons, which had evaded him for many years. The Amazons
found shelter in Samos and Dionysos with the help of the Samian's
managed finally to defeat them all. By way of reward for helping
him, Dionysos offered the Samian's the vine and taught them how
to cultivate it and make the wine from it. It is this wine
that Samos is now famous for producing (the Variety of grape can
not be found elsewhere in the world).
The mother of Dionysos was Semele and his father was Zeus, who
at the time was married to Hera! Upon hearing of Zeus's
unfaithfulness, Hera had Semele killed while Dionysus was still
unborn. Zeus saved the unborn child and nursed him in a
pocket of flesh on his thigh. When it was time for Dionysus
to be born, Zeus handed the baby to Ino, sister of Semele
and Aunt of Dionysus, and she brought him up into adulthood.
So it is the strong Link between Ino, Dionysos and Samos
by which we derived our name.
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