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Definition of Maenad

Maenad
Maenad M[ae]"nad, n. [L. Maenas, -adis, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to rave.] 1. A Bacchante; a priestess or votary of Bacchus. 2. A frantic or frenzied woman.

Meaning of Maenad from wikipedia

- In Gr**** mythology, maenads (/ˈmiːnædz/; Ancient Gr****: μαινάδες [maiˈnades]) were the female followers of Dionysus and the most significant members of...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- mother-goddess, or even Hermes. On the other side, the figure of the Maenad can be found. The Maenads were female followers of Dionysus. Out of the eight reliefs...
- Flight Attendant / Maenad Marie ... Flight Attendant / Maenad Fallon ... Flight Attendant / Maenad Candi ... Flight Attendant / Maenad Friday Jones ......
- HMS Maenad was an Admiralty M-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class were an improvement on the previous...
- elongated into a phallus, on either side are groups containing Dionysus and a Maenad, with a small Silenus on one side and a figure of Pan on the other. The...
- 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...
- cancelled. (The ancient Bacchante were also known as Maenads, and there had also been a HMS Maenad (J335).) HMS Bacchante – 20-gun French corvette launched...