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maenad::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | adult female, woman |
maenad::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | adult female, woman |
Examples of maenad
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The maenad of Sussita was also depicted as being in the midst of a frenzied dance.
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He is supported by a maenad, a satyr and aged Silenus, who is holding the ship's rudder.
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Due to his nature, Sam is targeted by a maenad in the second season.
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Detail of side B of a Greek column krater showing two satyrs and a maenad in a Dionysiac scene.
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My fellow maenad was my best friend from St Mary's convent in Ascot, Lucy, and we were 15, up from school.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Another female figure was found during this season, of a maenad, one of the companions of the wine god Dionysus.
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Maenad depicted in red-figure cup, ca.
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Found on a bone plate was a wonderfully etched relief of a maenad, one of a group of female followers of Dionysus, the god of wine.
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Sam then quite literally gives maenad Maryann the horn, barging about like a bull in a vampire series before skewering her in the chest.
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- An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman
- (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus
- In Greek mythology, maenads (/u02C8miu02D0nu00E6dz/; Ancientu00A0Greek: u03BCu03B1u03B9u03BDu03ACu03B4u03B5u03C2 ) 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...
- An excessively wild or emotional woman
- (Maenads) Throngs of ecstatic women who accompanied Dionysus; also called Bacchants. Their behavior was considered undesirable by ruling powers in various cities (Rome, for instance), who suppressed the cult of Dionysus.
- Myth. -A votaress of Bacchus. >Gk. Mainas- frenzied
- Also known as bacchae or thyiads, maenads were female worshippers of Dionysus or Bacchus. In the mystery cult of Dionysus, worshippers would get drunk on wine and then undergo an all-night process of stylized frenzied dancing in order to achieve the divine state of ekstasos. ...
- A female votary of Dionysus who took part in the wild, orgiastic rites that characterized his worship; bacchante.
- [MEE-nad] A woman who worshiped Dionysus, often in a state of frenzy.
