These figures stood in stark contrast to those the visitors had seen in the exquisite painting of a Dionysian initiation at a recent party in an opulent seaside villa. Holding a wine glass in one hand ...

Over the last 20 years, the National Theatre of Scotland has staged over 8,500 live performances of 342 unique productions.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Euripides' great tragedy, which was first performed in Athens in 405 BC when the Athenians were on the point of defeat and humiliation in a long war with Sparta. The ...

Something is very wrong in the city of Thebes. You can sense it the second Dionysus (Jonathan Groff) changes his pants. In the split-second you catch sight of those three-for-five-dollar boxer-briefs, ...

Before the acceptance of Christianity, Roman polytheism was dominant in the western world. Rome's borders extended as far west as Britain and as far east as modern day Greece and Turkey. To help ease ...

Odysseus summons ancient Greek prophet Tiresias from the Underworld to consult him. Painting (crop) by Henry Fuceli (1841-1925) Public Domain Tiresias, the Ancient Greek prophet of god Apollo who ...

The Hellenistic Greek mosaic depicting the god Dionysus as a winged daimon riding on a tiger, from the House of Dionysus at Delos. Credit: Public Domain The sacred island of Delos, renowned as the ...

During ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Prusias ad Hypium in Turkey, archaeologists have uncovered a beautiful mosaic featuring a duo of lions. The excavation team, operating above the ...