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: μαινάδες) were the female followers of Dionysus and the …

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, Pentelic. Dimensions: H. 56 5/16 in. (143 cm) Classification: Stone Sculpture. Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1935. Object Number: 35.11.3

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 represent women who took part in rites under the appearance of mythical Maenads.

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 famous description of them comes from The Bacchae, a play by Euripides produced in Athens in the late fifth century B.C.

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 to experience what life could be like as an unfettered maenad. This article will explore the myths and realities of the maenads of Bacchus.

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 roamed the mountains and forests performing frenzied, ecstatic dances in …

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 and carrying a thyrsos (fennel stalk) bedecked with ivy leaves and berries, moves forward, trancelike, her drapery swirling about her.

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 forgery of a Roman relief.

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 mountains and forests, singing and dancing in a state of ecstatic frenzy.

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" translates to "mad woman," as during the rites the women would enter a crazed, feverish trance.