Whether called Dionysus (his Greek ... a group of gods worshipped around the Mediterranean in the centuries prior to the emergence of Christianity. These gods shared a number of characteristics ...

Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered an ancient marble head that likely represents the Greek god Dionysus ... “Overall, the appearance is benevolent and refined; the characters are those ...

The Greeks considered Dionysus a foreign god from the east, and many of his mythological stories recount his wanderings around Asia. The epic poem Dionysiaca, written by the 5th century CE Greek ...

Oh, and there\'s plenty of singing and dancing from scantily clad chorus members.The show at IU\'s Wells-Metz Theatre starts with a lengthy monologue from Dionysus, a Greek god born of Zeus and a ...

When Princeton professor of classics Daphne beseeches the Grecian deities in a moment of despair, her prayer is heard and answered by the gods — the gods of comedy, that is. Who are the gods of ...

Part of the mural depicts female followers of Dionysus — who is also the ancient Greek god of fertility, theater and religious ecstasy — as both dancers and hunters with a goat on their ...