A downright bacchanalian frieze has just been unearthed in Pompeii, one so large it spans three walls of a massive banquet room. Known as a “megalography,” a Greek term for grand painting, the ...

The Greek god Dionysus is known for his penchant for wine, and he’d feel right at home at these three homes, with special spaces built just for his favorite evening inebriant. ICE is reversing ...

At the centre of this scene is an old satyr and a young woman preparing for initiation into the Dionysian cult. The mysterious aspect of this cult was its secrets. Although many aspects of the ...

The fresco, dating to 40–30 BC, presents vivid imagery of Dionysian followers in states of ritualistic ecstasy, dancing and hunting, resembling the frescoes of the nearby Villa of the Mysteries ...

Central to the composition is Dionysus’s elder advisor and companion Silenus, accompanied by a mortal woman who is being initiated through a nocturnal ritual into the rites of the Dionysian cult.

Because the Dionysian mysteries had a secretive aspect, there are not many documents remaining to this day, but a series of murals that tell the story of the Dionysian mysteries were found in a ...

A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in Pompeii over the last few weeks, offering clues about rituals connected to the Greek god of wine in the ancient city that was destroyed ...

In Region IX of Pompeii, a new unexpected discovery has been made: a large fresco, a megalography (a cycle of large figure paintings) with a Dionysian theme. Alberto Angela, exclusively ...

to “travel the Dionysian path.” A selection of wines is on display at Bad Animal in Santa Cruz, Calif., on May 17, 2024. (Thien-An Truong for Bay Area News Group) One more bit of exciting news ...