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A detail showing the tiger from the Dionysos Mosaic emblemata which depicts the god riding the animal. From the House of Dionysos, Delos. (Hellenistic Period).

Close-up of the Triumph of Dionysos mosaic showing the god Dionysus seating on a two-wheeled chariot. House of Dionysus, late 2nd / early 3rd century CE, Paphos Archaeological Park, Cyprus.

Remains of gold visible on the sculpture; 2nd century CE; Palazzo Altemps in Rome,Italy.

Greek vase depicting the wedding of Laertes and Anticlea, the parents of the mythological hero Odysseus. An Ionic column splits the scene into two parts. On the left register, Laertes takes the hand of his bride, Anticlea. On the right register...

NAM, Athens, 1130. Late 6th century BCE. This lekythos (perfume vessel) depicts the story of Odyssey, 12, where Odysseus is tied to his ship's mast in order to hear the music of the sirens, but to be restrained from straying into their danger...

An Attic red-figure stamnos, depicting the myth of Odysseus tied to his ship's mast in order to resist the enchanting song of the Sirens. The episode occurs during the hero's long voyage home to Ithaka following the end of the Trojan War...

A 2nd century CE Roman statuette of the Greek hero Odysseus. Here he holds a cup of wine in offering to the Cyclops Polyphemus. By getting him drunk the hero was able to blind Polyphemus and escape from the Cyclops' cave to continue his voyage...

A funerary statue of a siren, 370 BCE. The Greek mythical creature holds the soundbox of a lyre made from a tortoise shell. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

Greek theatre likely sprang from the lyrical performance of ancient epic poetry and the rituals performed in the worship of the god Dionysos where goats were sacrificed and participants wore masks. From the 6th century BCE, Greek tragedy...

A polychrome Krater fragment (mid 7th century BCE) depicting the blinding of the Cyclops Polyphemus, one of Odysseus' many adventures on his long voyage home to Ithaka following the Trojan War. (Argos Archaeological Museum, Greece)