-
group of
maenads also kill Orpheus, when he
refuses to
entertain them
while mourning his dead wife. In
ceramic art, the
frolicking of
Maenads and Dionysus...
-
Royal Navy have
borne the name HMS
Maenad,
after the
maenads,
female followers of
Dionysus in Gr**** mythology: HMS
Maenad (1915) was an
Admiralty M-class...
-
eating of the raw
flesh of the one dismembered). It is ****ociated with the
Maenads or Bacchantes,
followers of Dionysus, and the
Dionysian Mysteries. Examples...
- In Gr**** mythology,
Eurypyle (Ancient Gr****: Εὐρυπύλην) was a
maenad. She was a
follower of
Dionysus and was
killed by Morrheus. Nonnus, 30.222 Nonnus...
-
depicts Maenads, Dionysus'
female worshippers,
eating raw meat as part of
their worship; however,
there is
little solid evidence that
historical Maenads consumed...
- the
daughter of Cadmus, was a
princess of
Thebes and the
queen of the
Maenads,
followers of
Dionysus (also
known as Bacchus).
Agave was the
eldest daughter...
- HMS
Maenad was a
reciprocating engine-powered Algerine-class
minesweeper built for the
Royal Navy
during the
Second World War. She
survived the war and...
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Euripides wrote that
honey dripped from the
thyrsos staves that the
Bacchic maenads carried. The
thyrsus was a
sacred instrument at
religious rituals and fêtes...
-
Maenads dancing,
bringing a
sacrificial lamb or kid...
-
rituals of the
Maenads, in the
woods of
Mount Cithaeron. Pentheus,
hoping to
witness a ****ual orgy,
hides himself in a tree. The
Maenads spot him; maddened...
