Maenads
human_specialist earth Greek single tradition · 2
Stub entity — referenced by another entity from source #3003 but not yet directly extracted from its own source.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 200 BCE
- Attested period
- -200 – 2020
- Historical notes
- The term appears in later Greek sources describing organized Dionysian priestesses.
Relationships
- student of
- Dionysus
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“In the third century BC, when the city of Magnesia wanted to establish a maenadic cult in honour of Dionysus, the Delphic Oracle bade them, "Go to the holy plain of Thebes to fetch maenads from the race of Cadmean Ino. They will bring you maenadic rites and noble customs and will establish troops of Bacchus in your city."”
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