So, was the brief scene a mockery of Christianity, as some are suggesting? Or was it a homage to the Greek god Dionysus, as organizers proclaim? Here's what to know about the controversial moment ...

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 ...

When gestation is complete, Dionysus bursts forth from Zeus’s thigh. This graphic and gruesome episode is not an unprecedented one in Greek mythology: Athena, goddess of wisdom and warfare ...

“The interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings,” the post reads. It doesn’t mention the Last Supper, and some on social media ...

As CBS News correspondent Elaine Cobbe reports, the specific part of the ceremony that caused the offense was, in fact, a scene depicting Dionysus, the Greek god of wine. It was reportedly based ...

Paris Olympic organizers apologized Sunday to people offended during a tableau of the opening ceremony that depicted the Greek god Dionysus and an ancient festival meant to honor him. Critics said ...

Sweetin shared another post on Instagram defending the controversial performance as actually about the "feast of Dionysus," the Greek god of fertility, wine and pleasure. "The drag queens of the ...

“There is Dionysus who arrives on this table. He is there because he is the God of celebration in Greek mythology,” Jolly told BFMTV, according to an interpretation from NBC News. “The idea ...

Later, in a portion of the sequence that did not air on NBC but was widely shared on social media, French entertainer Philippe Katerine appeared as Dionysus, the Greek god of wine-making ...

Galatians 6:7-8.” However, the official X account for the Olympic Games shared photos of the performance, noting that it was meant to reference the Greek god Dionysus, not The Last Supper.

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 ...