He urinates on the ground below. In this mythological scene, Francesco Fracanzano depicts a drunken Silenus, the chief of the satyrs and tutor to the wine god Dionysus. Instead of painting him as an ...

Part 1 The story begins with Dionysus - the god of wine - someone who likes to 'let himself go'. One day Dionysus and his band of revellers are enjoying themselves at the foot of Mount Tmolus when ...

The ruins of the Altar of Dionysus are located south of the Kos Port, close to the ancient Agora and the Casa Romana. Dating from the 2nd century BC, when the city of Kos flourished, it is made of ...

The cult of Dionysus was rife in ancient times in Naxos. Dionysus was generally much loved by the ancient Greeks as he was the god of wine, celebration, and fun. It was believed that he lived in dense ...

“There is Dionysus who arrives on this table ... in a scene that some said resembled Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” ...