maenads in English
noun
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(in ancient Greece) a female follower of Bacchus, traditionally associated with divine possession and frenzied rites.
His following is made up of satyrs and sileni (amoral woodland creatures, basically human but with some animal characteristics) and maenads , who seem possessed or intoxicated.
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1. Bacchantes: see maenads maenads, in Greek and Roman religion and mythology, female devotees of Dionysus
2. Bacchantes and Maenads were women who worshiped the Greek god Dionysus, or Bacchus to the Romans
3. Synonyms for Bacchantes include maenads, fury, shrews, viragos, termagants, vixens, hags, harridans, spitfires and harpies
4. A Bacchante in Roman mythology is a female follower of Bacchus, god of wine and intoxication. In Greek mythology, they are called Maenads