The tragedy sees Dionysus descend on Thebes in a fury, before whipping up its inhabitants into an ecstatic frenzy as revenge for some slander against him. It fixed the view of bacchantes as wild ...

Female followers known as the Maenad were inspired by Dionysus into a state of ecstatic frenzy through dancing and intoxication. Ancient Greeks believed the effects felt from drinking wine were ...

In a recently uncovered banquet hall in Regio IX of the ancient Roman city, a monumental fresco depicting a thiasos or procession of Dionysus has been found ... who found liberation in a mystical and ...