Maenads – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
maenad
n.
woman who participated in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus (Greek Mythology); bacchante, female follower of Dionysus or Bacchus in Greek Mythology; crazed infuriated or excited woman
Maenad
In
Greek mythology,
maenads (; ) were the female followers of
Dionysus and the most significant members of the
Thiasus, the god's retinue. Their name literally translates as "raving ones." Maenads were known as
Bassarids,
Bacchae or
Bacchantes in
Roman mythology after the penchant of the equivalent Roman god,
Bacchus, to wear a or
fox-skin.
maenad
Noun
1. an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman
(hypernym) woman, adult female
2. (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus
(hypernym) woman, adult female
(classification) Greek mythology
Maenads
[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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