The ancient Greeks considered Dionysus the 12th Olympic god. He was not taken seriously by his father Zeus nor by most of the ...

Those in the Villa of the Mysteries, which was unearthed in 1909, show Dionysus and his bride Ariadne surrounded by ...

Because these characters are named after Orpheus and Eurydice, and Echo and Narcissus, or based on stories of Dionysus, and Ariadne and Theseus, and because scenes are entitled “The Story of ...