The newest discovery, in Region IX in the central part of the city, depicts the procession of Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine, against walls and columns painted in Pompeiian red.

In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order. More than a ...

The word “thiasus” refers to the ecstatic procession of Dionysus’s followers, often depicted as wild and inebriated. Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii ...

The work shows the procession of Dionysus: the bacchantes are depicted as dancers or hunters, with a slaughtered goat on their shoulders or a sword, while young satyrs play the double flute.

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.

The frieze portrays the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine. It also depicts the bacchantes (also known as maenads) as portrayed as dancers, but also as ferocious hunters with slaughtered kid ...

It portrays the procession of Dionysus alongside "bacchantes" - followers of Roman equivalent Bacchus - depicted both as dancers and fierce hunters. One bacchante is shown carrying a slaughtered ...

Covering three sides of a magnificent banquet hall, the almost life-size artworks show the procession of Dionysus followed by his female followers. At the centre of the image is a woman holding a ...

According to the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, the frescoes feature life-sized depictions of women dancers in a procession honoring Dionysus, the Greek god of wine. The remarkable paintings were ...