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MAENAD MAENADS
~ MAENAD or see> BACHAE
~ MAENADS note ETYMOLOGY
given mostly under
see> MIND see> MANIA
myth> WOMEN DRIVEN TO ECSTASY or FRENZY
WHEN WORSHIPING see> DIONYSUS or
see> BACCHUS a style of devotions that
reduced fears and oppressive conventions
note connection with grape wine and BACCHUS as in
lat BACA = BERRY see> BACHELOR
hx> also MAENADS WERE WOMEN OF THEBES
THAT JOINED PROCESSIONS IN HONOR OF DIONYSOS
lit+ THE CLASSIC INTERPRETATION OF THE FRENZY OF MAENADS
IS PERPETUATED by a play "BACCHAE" by EURIPIDES [#]
art> BACHANTES were a favorite subject depicted in vases
with an emphasis on NOCTURNAL DANCES and
ASSAULTS ON PENTHEUS or ORPHEUS
note a Roman copy of a Greek original of the late
5th century BC on display at the New York Metropolitan Museum of
Art which shows a BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED TABLET WITH A RELIEF OF
AN ATTRACTIVE GIRL IDENTIFIED AS A MAENAD or BACHANT BECAUSE
SHE HOLDS A STAFF ADORNED WITH VINE LEAVES and BERRIES WHICH
IMPLY A LINK WITH DIONYSUS
see> BACCHUS
see> DIONYSUS
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