The importance of art in history could never be underestimated ... The artwork depicted a procession for Dionysus which also featured his female followers, called maenads, portrayed as free ...

A massive bacchanalian frieze spanning three walls has been discovered in a banquet hall in the ancient Roman city Pompeii, the archaeological park announced in a press release. The frescoes ...

Dionysus could bring holy ecstasy to his followers and cruel revenge to his foes. Associated with rebirth, he shaped religious practices across the Mediterranean until the dawn of Christianity ...

In it are bacchantes— female followers of the god of hedonism—depicted as hunters and dancers; playful satyrs playing flutes and imbibing wine; as well as a woman, flanked by Dionysus’s ...

In ancient art and literature, Dionysus is often depicted with the horns, which can be seen in coins of the god, but never in sculptural representations. The presence of his horns is also ...

Olympus-residing gods like Zeus, Athena, and Aphrodite. But there is one Greek god that’s made an impact on the fashion girlies: Dionysus. Per antiquity lore, Dionysus was the god of wine ...