This was Greek tragedy reinterpreted for a modern age in a wholly engaging form and it justified every minute of the time put into its creation. JP The Actors of Dionysus theatre company leading a ...

The Pompeii Archaeological Park has just announced the discovery of a frescoed banquet hall inside the so-called House of Thiasos. These life-size wall paintings feature lively scenes of Roman revelry ...

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.

Dionysus, on the other hand, is much more than the god of comedy, wine, and orgies. His genesis has been associated with the Egyptian story of Isis and Osiris, the origin of which fades into ...

At the center of the frieze, next to Dionysus’ companion Silenus, stands a woman. She is on the brink of being initiated into the mysteries of Dionysus, an ancient ritual using intoxicants to ...

An epic of archeological excavation in the mountains of southern Bulgaria may prove to be the Sanctuary of Dionysus, a long-lost Greek temple that was of huge importance to the ancient world, many ...

The room has been named the House of Thiasus, a reference to the Greek word for the procession of devotees of Dionysus, the archaeological park said in the statement. It will open to the public ...