Maenad with sword and lamb. 67x50cm

Maenad with sword and lamb. 67x50cm

 

Of the maenad are several representations in relief which we can find in museums like the Prado or the British Museum, the Maenads are divine feminine beings which are closely related with the god Dionysus (Bacchus for the Romans), the god was supposedly originated by Thrace and Phrygia. The first maenads were the nymphs who were responsible for upbringing of Dionysus, and which were subsequently possessed by him, to inspired them a mystical madness.

The Maenads contrast with the Bacchae or Bassarids, mortal women who emulate the maenads, participating in the orgiastic cult of Dionysus. In many sources the Maenads and the Bacchantes are synonymous, understanding that the Bacchae is the Latin meaning of maenad.

Here for example, we have a polychromed bas-relief made in alabaster of a frenzied maenad who swings knife and with the rear part of a dismembered goat in his left hand. The piece is inspired in a Roman copy of a Greek original from the 4th century before Christ, which is located the British Museum in London.

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