The ancient Greeks considered Dionysus the 12th Olympic god. He was not taken seriously by his father Zeus nor by most of the ...

He was channeling Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and festivity, with a song about “the absurdity of violence between human beings.” Not everyone, however, enjoyed the ceremony, which prompted ...

Visitors can explore its amazing natural landscape and beaches, hike through its mountains, and discover picturesque villages ...

He poured the drink, going from right to left, for all the other gods, drawing off sweet nectar from the mixing bowl.” It doesn’t take long for the deities to soon begin laughing “irrepressibly” while ...

He was channeling Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and festivity, with a song about "the absurdity of violence between human beings." Not everyone, however, enjoyed the ceremony, which prompted a storm ...

This knowledge was inherited by the Romans, who advanced the art of winemaking even further ... The Greeks found the sacred connection through Dionysus, the god of wine, revelry, and fertility.

Leitai Han Tomb in Wuwei, a 15th-century shrine dedicated to the God of Thunder ... with grapevines and the image of the Greek wine god Dionysus, for example. The Sogdian people, whose control ...

The sign of Taurus is associated with rabble rousing, nectar nursing, god of wine Dionysus, who was often ... bleeds into the realms of work and art, as is the case with Taurus Daniel Day-Lewis ...

Greece's beaches have stories, too. Dionysus, god of wine, wooed Ariadne on the sandy shores of Naxos. Kolovri Rock, off Corfu's Palaiokastritsa, is said to be Odysseus' ship turned to stone by ...

of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, riding sidesaddle on a panther. (Others speculate it's the Bactrian goddess Nana seated on a lion.) Near the chieftain's rib cage, excavators found an Indian ...

Both the church and his family describe Carlo as an exceptionally devout but otherwise regular Italian boy, who is working miracles after his untimely death precisely by drawing youth to faith ...