In The Bacchae, Euripides recounts how Pentheus was dismembered by a group of maenads—including his own mother, Agave—while the women were in the throes of an ecstatic Dionysian frenzy.

At the centre of this scene is an old satyr and a young woman preparing for initiation into the Dionysian cult. The ...

Known as a “megalography,” a Greek term for grand painting, the frescos unfurl a Dionysian procession in ... up its inhabitants into an ecstatic frenzy as revenge for some slander against ...

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 ...

The frieze, dating back to 40s-30s BC, shows a Dionysian procession with bacchantes, satyrs, and a female initiate. The artwork will be open to the public as part of ongoing excavation tours.