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Cult of Dionysus
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The cult of Dionysus consisted of a wide range of Greek and later Roman religious practices associated with Dionysus, ecstasy, theatre, vegetation, and certain form of salvation after death. Ecstatic
Egyptian garment panel featuring Dionysiac themes, 5th century. The popularity of the cult of Dionysus, introduced to Egypt by the early Ptolemaic rul
Egyptian garment panel featuring Dionysiac themes, 5th century. The popularity of the cult of Dionysus, introduced to Egypt by the early Ptolemaic rulers in the 3rd century BC, continued into early Byzantine times (4th-7th century),
Maenads by Rupert Bunny, oil on canvas, c. 1913-1921. Lucien Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris.
Maenads by Rupert Bunny, oil on canvas, c. 1913-1921. Lucien Lefebvre-Foinet, Paris.
Example of an especially well preserved Bacchic gold tablet
Example of an especially well preserved Bacchic gold tablet
Bacchus by Caravaggio
Bacchus by Caravaggio
Dionysian Mysteries
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The Dionysian Mysteries were a ritual of ancient Greece and Rome which sometimes used psychoactive substances and other trance-inducing techniques to remove inhibitions. It also provided some liberati
Cult of Dionysus
…of Greece that were previously inhabited by Thracians, such as Phocis and Boeotia. The Bacchic gold tablets are among the most important sources for Dionysian mystery beliefs concerning death, deification, and afterlife. The Dionysian Mysteries were related to Orphism, and may have influenced Gnosticism. Modern…
The Derveni krater, height: 90.5 cm (35 ½ in.), 4th century BC
The Derveni krater, height: 90.5 cm (35 ½ in.), 4th century BC
Marble table support adorned by a group including Dionysus, Pan and a Satyr; Dionysus holds a rhyton (drinking vessel) in the shape of a panther; trac
Marble table support adorned by a group including Dionysus, Pan and a Satyr; Dionysus holds a rhyton (drinking vessel) in the shape of a panther; traces of red and yellow colour are preserved on the hair of the figures and the branches. From an Asia Minor workshop, 170–180 AD, National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece.
A Hellenistic Greek mosaic depicting the god Dionysos as a winged daimon riding on a tiger, from the House of Dionysos at Delos (which was once contro
A Hellenistic Greek mosaic depicting the god Dionysos as a winged daimon riding on a tiger, from the House of Dionysos at Delos (which was once controlled by Athens) in the South Aegean region of Greece, late 2nd century BC, Archaeological Museum of Delos