On one of the four double-sided pillars of the Portico of the Idols, also known as Incantandas or the “Enchanted Ones”, the god Dionysus is depicted upright. He wears an ivy wreath, and he holds a bunch of grapes in his left hand. The lower part of his body is covered by a himation. To his right, there is a seated panther that is damaged significantly. On the reverse side, there is a relief with one of the Nymphs Aurae, daughters of Boreas, also known as Boreiads. On the other three pillars, the following pairs are preserved: Nike and Mainad (follower of Dionysus), Ganymedes and Leda, Dioskouros and Ariadne (Dionysus’ wife).

The pillars belonged in a double colonnade which decorated a construction of unidentified use, located south of the ancient agora of Thessaloniki. The pillars were initially five and were constructed by Thassian marble. During the Ottoman period, the monument was incorporated in a building of the Jewish quarter Rogos  (that is the region around the modern Chalkeon Street, next to the church Panagia Chalkeon and behind the Paradise or Bey Hamam Baths, near the ancient Roman Agora). The Greeks called the monument "Portico of the Idols". The names Incantandas in spanish and the “Magemenes” (The Encanted ones in Greek) were given by the Sephardi Jews and the Greeks accordingly and are related with a legend revolving around Alexander the Great and a Thracian queen.

In 1864 the French paleographer Emmanuel Miller, with a permit from the Ottoman government, removed and transported the sculptures to France, where they are today on display at the Louvre. Since 2015, copies of the originals can be seen in the portico of the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki.