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

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

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 ...

Dionysia’ returns to the Players’ Ring Theatre, in collaboration with Outcast Productions, April 25, 26 and 27.

He was channeling Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and festivity, with a song about “the absurdity of violence between human beings.” Not everyone, however, enjoyed the ceremony, which prompted ...

So Midas took the satyr home and looked after him. The satyr was a good friend of Dionysus, the God of wine and merriment. When Dionysus saw how well treated his friend had been he granted Midas a ...