The ancient Greek gods, the immortal characters of Greek mythology, remain a fascination around the world as do their unusual ...

The playwright Euripides introduces us to the various forms of Ancient Greek architecture ... every year during the ‘Festival of Dionysus’, the God of wine. I’ve won four times by the ...

The other main gods and goddesses are: Poseidon: God of the sea.Athena: Goddess of wisdom and war.Dionysus ... make statues of them, make offerings of food and drink to them. And every Greek ...

An ancient Greek city which was lost underwater for 1,000 years has miraculously reappeared with stunning statues. Among the early discoveries was Hapy, a fertility god who was lord of the river ...

The earliest origins of drama are to be found in Athens where ancient hymns, called dithyrambs, were sung in honor of the god Dionysus. These hymns were later adapted for choral processions in ...

“We think the sculpture represents the god Dionysus and dates to the first or ... suggest this sculpture was produced by a very fine Greek-style workshop.” The head has since been brought ...

A large bronze statue of a Greek god has been stolen from the garden of an Elizabethan stately home. The sculpture of the deity Hermes, which has sat in a pond in the grounds of Holdenby House near ...

Depicted on a tetradrachm, the Olympian Dionysus was the god of wine, an important part of the revelry at Greek feasts. Photograph by Bridgeman/ACI The Greek historian Xenophon recounts in his ...

A drugs baron with an eye for fine art has been ordered to hand over almost £2 million or face having his sentence extended. David Telli, from Littlehampton, was jailed in 1996 after pleading ...

The great Greek Gods and heroes of Greek mythology ... The matron blesses martial unions and weddings. Roman name: Juno. Dionysus is the god of wine and theater. He was promoted to a god ...

Sadiq Khan could erect a 40-foot high statue of an African goddess to commemorate victims of the slave trade. The Mayor of ...