The ancient Greeks considered Dionysus the 12th Olympic god. He was not taken seriously by his father Zeus nor by most of the ...

He became Dionysus’ teacher and caregiver when ... replacing the head of the Egyptian sphinx with a typical Greek archaic sculpture head but keeping the same lion body. Centaurs, with a horse ...

Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain ... they participate in rituals related to Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and theater.