This title is a scholarly exploration of one of the most complex, liminal and paradoxical gods of the ancient world. In this journey through the faces and forms of Dionysos, the author guides the reader through the ancient classical world, revealing his hidden faces and forms, and demonstrating the presence of Dionysos in a variety of cultures, across countries from Greece to India, Turkey to Bulgaria, in the growth cycles of nature, in the creation of theatre, and even in the ancient Greek calendar.