Olympic officials claim a controversial scene was a nod to Dionysus, despite outcry from Christians that it mocked the Last Supper.

Dionysus could bring holy ecstasy to his followers and cruel revenge to his foes. Associated with rebirth, he shaped religious practices across the Mediterranean until the dawn of Christianity.

The tableau included a woman in the role of Jesus and drag queens and gay icons as disciples. It was crashed by a man in blue as Dionysus, the Greek god of revelry.

Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered an ancient sarcophagus depicting a scene familiar to many today: a drinking game.

Many, including Jolly and the official Olympics Games X account, said that the scene is an "interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus" that "makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between ...

She wrote, "Since posting, many have tried to correct me saying it wasn’t about an interpretation of DaVinci’s The Last Supper, but a Greek god and the festival of Dionysus; who is a god of ...

"Full House" actress Jodie Sweetin appeared to throw shade at her former TV sister Candace Cameron Bure after Bure criticized the Olympics opening ceremony.

A controversial scene apparently featuring The Last Supper from the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony continued to stir controversy Sunday.

Madeleine George’s comedy “Hurricane Diane,” starring Bernadette Sefic as a modern day Dionysus in suburban New Jersey, runs at Hartford Stage June 5-29 .

The "interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings," a post on the official social media account of the Olympic Games said by way of ...

Paris Olympic organizers apologized Sunday to people offended during a tableau of the opening ceremony that depicted the Greek god Dionysus and an ancient festival meant to honor him. Critics said ...

Olympic officials claim a controversial scene was a nod to Dionysus, despite outcry from Christians that it mocked the Last Supper.