"Every piece of this process has been revealing itself like an onion. It peels off, and another thing arrives," said the lead ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Teos have uncovered lost secrets, including a buried inscription, and intricate ...

BRATTLEBORO — Vermont Theatre Company aims to immerse audiences in ancient Greece and Dionysian culture when "The Bacchae" is ...

Experts Unearth Rare Life-Size Frescoes in Pompeii, Depict Fierce Women Who Were Part of ‘Mysteries of Dionysus' The ...

The depiction of a Dionysiac mystery cult now serves as an “exceptional historical document,” allowing us a glimpse into one ...

Feeling overwhelmed by everyday obligations or doom-scrolling? The ancient Greeks had a remedy for burnout still practiced annually by their rural descendants.

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered a nearly life-size fresco, or megalography, depicting the Dionysiac procession in an ...

The world-famous site said it had excavated in recent weeks a nearly life-size frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine, painted on three sides of a large banquet room.

What movies of the past year challenged your assumptions and made you think about things in new ways? Josh and guest co-host Jeremy Sabol present the annual Dionysus Awards for the most ...

The cycle of paintings shed light on the mysteries of Bacchus, the Roman version of Dionysus — the ancient Greek god of wine, fertility, theatre and religious ecstasy. Dating to between 40 and ...

A woman at the centre of the frieze "is about to be initiated into the mysteries of Dionysus, the god who dies and is reborn and who promises the same destiny to his followers", it said.

At the centre of the image is a woman holding a torch who is about to be initiated into the cult of Dionysus. The Greek god was thought to hold the power to die and be reborn, and promised the ...