Dancing Maenad Roman copy of Greek original attributed to Kallimachos c. 425 –400 BCE at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In Greek mythology, maenads (/ ˈ m iː n æ d z /; Ancient Greek: …

Title: Marble relief with a dancing maenad. Artist: Adaptation of work attributed to Kallimachos. Period: Early Imperial, Augustan. Date: ca. 27 BCE–14 CE. Culture: Roman. Medium: Marble, …

Dec 25, 2015 · The reliefs show Dionysus’s followers who, on account of their unrestrained dance, were called Maenads. Wearing almost transparent dresses and their jewels, they might …

Adaptation of a Greek relief of about 425–400 B.C. attributed to Kallimachos In myth and art the wine god, Dionysos, is accompanied by dancing women known as maenads. The most …

Aug 10, 2021 · For the ancients, the maenads represented the dangers of women left unchaperoned by male authority. Yet for many women, the worship of Bacchus allowed them …

Maenads, meaning “the possessed” or the “raving ones,” were female followers of Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of mystery, wine, and intoxication. During the Dionysian rites, maenads …

Maenads were mythical women inspired by the god of wine, Dionysos, to roam the mountains and forests, singing and dancing in a state of ecstatic frenzy. This figure, wearing an ivy wreath …

The Maenads were followers of the god Dionysius, whose frenzied dancing in the sacred rites led to them being labeled "mad women." This cast, however, was likely produced from a later …

Copy of a Greek relief of ca. 425-400 B.C. attributed to Kallimachos. Maenads were mythical women inspired by the god of wine, Dionysos, to abandon their homes and families and roam …

The woman depicted is a Maenad, a female follower of the Dionysian cult who would be inspired by the god to dance themselves into an ecstatic frenzy during sacred rites. The term "maenad" …