MAENADS

Meaning of MAENADS in English

[Greek] The female devotees of the wine-god Dionysus, thus also called Bacchae and Bacchantes. Inspired by him to ecstatic frenzy, they accompany him in his wanderings and as his priestesses carry out his orgiastic rites. In their wild frenzy they tear animals apart and devour the raw flesh. They are represented crowned with vine leaves, clothes in fawnskins and carrying the thyrsus, and dancing with the wild abandonment of complete union with primeval nature.

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MAENADS AND BACCHANTES — Female followers of the Greek wine-god Dionysus . The word maenad comes from the Greek, meaning "mad" or "demented." During …
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MAENADS AND BACCHANTES — Female followers of the Greek wine-god Dionysus . The word maenad comes from the Greek, meaning "mad" or "demented." During …
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BACCHAE — ˈbakˌē, -kˌī noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: Latin, from Greek Bakchai, plural of Bakchē maenad : maenads
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