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Dionysus vs Maenad - What's the difference?

dionysus | maenad |

As a proper noun dionysus

is (greek god) the god of wine, specifically its intoxication and social influence, but also the patron of agriculture and the theater also related to the mystery of religion, as in "spiritual intoxication".

As a noun maenad is

(greek mythology) a female follower of dionysus, associated with intense reveling.

dionysus

English

Alternative forms

* Dionysos

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Greek god) The god of wine, specifically its intoxication and social influence, but also the patron of agriculture and the theater. Also related to the mystery of religion, as in "spiritual intoxication".

    • Derived terms

    * Dionysiac

    See also

    * Bacchus

    External links

    * (wikipedia "Dionysus")

    maenad

    English

    (wikipedia maenad)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Greek mythology) A female follower of Dionysus, associated with intense reveling.
  • * 1919 ,
  • *:Blanche Stroeve was in the cruel grip of appetite. Perhaps she hated Strickland still, but she hungered for him, and everything that had made up her life till then became of no account. She ceased to be a woman, complex, kind and petulant, considerate and thoughtless; she was a Maenad . She was desire.
  • An excessively wild or emotional woman.

    • Derived terms

    * maenadic * maenadism

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