And on Lundi Gras night, Del Rio will be waving her wrists off when she rules as monarch of the Orpheus Mardi Gras parade. The recklessly wicked raconteur, who calls herself “a clown in a gown ...

The painting also shows priests and priestesses, known as bacchantes or maenads, as dancers along with flautists, hunters, and huntresses carrying slaughtered animals on their shoulders. Gabriel ...

Around the walls are female members of the cult devoted to Dionysus, known as Maenads, which means 'to rave, to be mad; to rage, to be angry'. Maenads are portrayed as dancers, but also as ...

The images portrayed depict vibrant scenes from the retinue of the god of wine: dancing maenads and fierce huntresses, satyrs with pointed ears playing musical instruments, and figures performing ...