The Vatican may have been home to a series of 16 erotic frescos that were quickly turned into a booklet with accompanying ...
An almost life-size frieze, or a 'megalography', has emerged which runs around three sides of the room. The cycle of paintings shed light on the mysteries of Bacchus, the Roman version of Dionysus — ...
In it are bacchantes— female followers of the god of hedonism—depicted as hunters and dancers; playful satyrs playing flutes ... composition recalls the ancient Greek play The Bacchae, written ...
Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered a series of nearly life-size frescoes spanning three walls of an ancient banquet hall. Set against a ruby-red backdrop, the wall paintings depict female ...
Dionysus was one of the twelve Olympian deities the ancient ... the satyr was picking grapes from the branch, he fell and hit ...
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Dating back to 40-30 BC, these frescoes feature followers of Bacchus, known as bacchantes, depicted as dancers, hunters carrying a slain goat or sword, and young satyrs with ... mysteries of the Greek ...