Maenad Shorts

Description: In Greek mythology, maenads were the female followers and worshipers of Dionysus and the most significant members of its retinue. I created this design out of a 4th Century BC red figure Greek vase from Etruria.

Description: In Greek mythology, the maenads were 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 Bacchantes by the Romans. They are often portrayed in a state of ecstatic frenzy brought by a combination of dancing and intoxication. During these rites, they would 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 and often handle or wear snakes.

Description: Priestess of Bacchus - John Collier

Description: Don't be possessed by Grim the ROTN Maenad!

Description: DANCING MAENAD WITH CYMBALS ,ANTIQUE ROMAN PAINTING WITH POMPEII MOSAICS PATCHWORK

Description: Pompeii wall paintings Diana and Flora with Dancing Menad from Villa of Myteries ,.Digital composition from antique Roman mosaics and paintings of Pompeii by Bulgan Lumini©

Description: A roman dancer from a 1st century wall painting in of the Villa of Diomedes in Pompeii, Italy

Description: A wall painting from the Villa of Diomedes, an ancient Roman villa located outside the walls of Pompeii on the Via dei Sepolcri to Herculaneum. This drawing was done when the Villa was excavated between 1771 and 1774. The original has been poorly preserved.

Description: Dyonisiac celebration from the Louvre K240 red figure Greek vase, ca 370 BC. A Maenad and a youg eros open, playing the aulos, a young Dyonisos rides his panther behind them and his adoptive father Silenus closes the procession.