Depicted on a tetradrachm, the Olympian Dionysus was the god of wine ... The symposium was, however, more than just a dinner party. The distinctive Greek customs observed on such an occasion ...

Dionysus, also known by the Roman name Bacchus, is not only a god but an object of frenzied worship. His followers are Bacchae, mortal women who, according to the Greek dramatist Euripides in his ...