A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how ...

And not too picky with their partners. Because satyrs were associated with wine, they were a common topic in vases used in symposium banquets. The male participants of the symposium appreciated ...

The fresco also includes satyrs—half-human, half-goat creatures—playing the flute and offering wine, reinforcing the connection to ritualistic music, intoxication, and ecstatic celebration. The ...

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into secret rituals conducted in the Roman city ...

The woman who abandons her children, the house and the city, who breaks free from male order to dance freely ... Meanwhile, young satyrs – part goat, part human figures with pointed ears ...

Drunken woodland gods, called satyrs, play double flutes ... the house and the city, who breaks free from male order to dance freely, go hunting and eat raw meat in the mountains and the woods; in ...

The new Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual (which uses the 2024 rulebooks) contains more monsters, artwork and variations on the classic creatures we all know from our campaigns. More importantly, it ...

AP Haddad, who specializes in rare butterflies, said in recent years he has seen just two endangered St. Francis Satyr ...