Maenad
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- "In Greek mythology, maenads (/ˈmiːnædz/; Ancient Greek: μαϊνάδες [maiˈnades]) 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 /ˈbækiː/, or Bacchantes /ˈbækənts, bəˈkænts, -ˈkɑːnts/ in Roman mythology after the penchant of the equivalent Roman god, Bacchus, to wear a bassaris or fox skin.
Often the maenads were portrayed as inspired by Dionysus into a state of ecstatic frenzy through a combination of dancing and intoxication. During these rites, the maenads would dress in fawn skins and carry a thyrsus, a long stick wrapped in ivy or vine leaves and tipped with a pine cone. They would weave ivy-wreaths around their heads or wear a bull helmet in honor of their god, and often handle or wear snakes." - (en.wikipedia.org 28.06.2021)
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Deckelgriff einer Cista in Gestalt von Satyr und Mänade
Die nackten Gestalten eines...
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Image: GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig - CC BY-NC-SA -
Kylix (Schale)
Obwohl der Erhaltungszustand...
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Image: Museum August Kestner - CC BY-NC-SA -
Knaben und Nymphen
Gleich einem Studienblatt...
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Image: Freies Deutsches Hochstift - CC BY-NC-SA -
Stillleben mit Mänade
Das Stillleben ist komponiert...
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Image: Winckelmann-Museum Stendal - CC BY-NC-SA -
Stillleben mit Mänade
Das Stillleben ist arrangiert...
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Image: Winckelmann-Museum Stendal - CC BY-NC-SA
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