Whoever started putting the ancient Greek icon on American public ... from fighting with the touch of his staff, a symbol of the messenger god’s power as a peacemaker. The actual design may ...

Stricken, the young god ... of a Greek original statue, danced frenetically as part of Dionysus’ entourage. Photograph by Erich Lessing/Album In Hellenic culture, Dionysus embodied a symbol ...

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 ...