No wonder men opposed these festivities! Satyrs — ancient beings with male upper bodies, horse ears, tails and the rear legs of a goat — were devout followers of Dionysus. They had a mixed reputation ...

But suddenly, there is a change in the music and colour bursts into the room as Dionysus bursts into the room with his followers, making a memorable entrance from the first floor before dashing ...

The painted scenes atop a red background show maenads, the female followers of Dionysus, as dancers and hunters with slaughtered goat kids on their bare shoulders and swords and goat intestines in ...

“a mortal woman who through a nocturnal ritual is about to be initiated into the mysteries of Dionysus, the god who dies and is reborn and who promises the same to his followers.” Spanning three walls ...

The newly uncovered murals, dubbed the “house of Thiasos” by archaeologists, depict the procession of Dionysus, including young satyrs playing instruments and bacchantes (female followers also ...

Archaeologists exploring what Pompeii was like before it was famously destroyed by Mount Vesuvius have made a huge discovery after finding evidence of secret cults and rituals. It has been almost ...

Known as a "megalography" from the Greek for "large painting," the frieze depicts a procession, with Dionysus joined by the bacchantes, his female followers. They are portrayed both as dancers or ...

Dating to between 40 and 30 BC, according to the scientists, the frescoes feature followers of Bacchus ... ritual to learn the mysteries of Dionysus. All figures characters are depicted on ...

The discovery features a large-scale frieze that spans three walls of a banquet hall, presenting vivid imagery of the initiation rites for followers of Dionysus - the ancient Greek god of wine ...

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 ...

Found at the newly-excavated House of Thiasus, the wall art depicts female followers of Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine-making, insanity and ritual madness. Wearing long, flowing animal ...