A countdown of the five craziest Greek gods. Who will be #1? The most jealous, angry, violent, fun-loving, or creative?

Recently, the world got a rare treat: new frescoes were unearthed from Pompeii that show mythological scenes from the Trojan ...

In the Temple of BacchusIn this detail from an 1881 oil painting by Giovanni Muzzioli, a maenad dances in front of a slumped and drunken man. Dionysus was thus a fully Greek god, whose popularity ...

A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in ... Part of the mural depicts female followers of Dionysus — who is also the ancient Greek god of fertility, theater and religious ...

The nearly life-size fresco, known as a “megalography”—a word derived from the Greek for “large painting”—covers three walls ... frescoes depicting scenes from Greek and Roman mythology. The dwelling, ...

His mythology is littered with sordid tales of seducing other ... a myth that became a source of inspiration for Renaissance art. And when he became besotted with a young prince of Troy, Ganymede, he ...

Netflix has canceled the Jeff Goldblum-fronted Greek mythology comedy after one season ... Nabhaan Rizwan as Dionysus, Cliff Curtis as Poseidon, David Thewlis as Hades, Debi Mazar as Medusaand ...

According to mythology, a man named Perseus beheaded ... In Roman beliefs, he is Bacchus and for the Greeks he is Dionysus. The painting by Caravaggio is rather sophisticated and demure, and ...

Nabhaan Rizwan as Dionysus (Image via Netflix) Dionysus is the god of wine, pleasure, and madness, played by Nabhaan Rizwan. Greek mythology presents Dionysus to be the mortal son of Zeus.

This modern-day dark comedy blends mythology with contemporary life ... his wife and sister Hera, and his son Dionysus (though not Hera’s child). Then there’s Prometheus, condemned by Zeus ...

The Netflix series Kaos puts a modern twist on ancient Greek mythology, asking what if the gods existed ... He teams up with other powerful gods like Hera, Dionysus, and Poseidon to figure out what's ...

Dionysus is often accompanied by Maenads (essentially groupies), who partake in his… celebrations. Medusa is often depicted as a villain in stories inspired by Greek mythology. Once a beautiful ...