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Henry was incensed by the theatrical antics of the Greek side's Angelos Basinas and Dane Jan Michaelson, who went to ground more and more as Arsenal pressured for an equaliser in the closing stages.
"I've never lost it before like that.
What they did was disgraceful.
It was too much," said Henry after the Greek tragedy put another massive dent in The Gunners' hopes of progressing to the second group stage of the Champions League.
"The worst thing about it was that Michaelson was laughing at Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
"I said to the referee 'You saw that challenge.
I could have gone down but that's not football'.
You have to be a man."
"I got a two-footed tackle but just got on with the game but every time we tackled they went down."
Although he acknowledged the Greeks' tactics Wenger tried to play down the incident and was more concerned with the result, courtesy of Giorgios Karagounis's 25th-minute winner which leaves Arsenal with only three points from three games and trailing Panathinaikos and Real Mallorca in Group C.
"Not a lot happened," Wenger said.
"We're just upset, maybe they were being provocative.
They tried to gain time, they dived.
Nothing more.
"Thierry was very upset because of the diving.
There was a lot of tension at the end.
It was very heated.
"I just wanted to keep him quiet but I do understand his frustration.
"We have to defend a lot better if we are going to qualify for the next stage - and we have to win our home games to have any chance.
"But we cannot be too alarmist because this group is not over yet.
I do feel frustrated because we gave away a cheap goal and lost too many fights during the first half.
"But we came back well in the second half and I believe we still have the strength to get over this," added the Frenchman.