A nearly life-size fresco just discovered in Pompeii depicts the initiation rituals of the mystery cult of Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy. The fresco was over 100 years old when the ...

Dionysus was one of the twelve Olympian deities the ancient Greeks believed ruled over the cosmos. He was the patron god of ...

Many, including Jolly and the official Olympics Games X account, said that the scene is an "interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus" that "makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between ...

And this villa, which we call the Villa of Dionysus because so many of the scenes are concerned with the legend and mythology of the god Dionysus, has at two of its ends in this banquet hall ...

Dionysus, also known by the Roman name Bacchus, is not only a god but an object of frenzied worship. His followers are Bacchae, mortal women who, according to the Greek dramatist Euripides in his ...

In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

Depicted on a tetradrachm, the Olympian Dionysus was the god of wine, an important part of the revelry at Greek feasts. Photograph by Bridgeman/ACI The Greek historian Xenophon recounts in his ...

With this gesture Roger destroys the wall of loneliness and becomes one with the cosmos, uniting with the Shepherd-God - Dionysus. Others see the ending as an attempt to come away from Dionysus.

It was unveiled at Pompeii recently and depicts the life of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, theatre, and celebrations. Archaeologists found it in the Reggio IX area of the ancient Roman city.

According to the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, the frescoes feature life-sized depictions of women dancers in a procession honoring Dionysus, the Greek god of wine. The remarkable paintings were ...