Who were the Maenads? | Ancient Greece

The Maenads, also known as Bacchae or Bacchantes, were female followers of the god Dionysus in Greek mythology. They were known for their ecstatic and frenzied worship of Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility, and ritual madness.
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[@wisdomoftheshadows]

Quick and to the point.

[@anzaeria]

The cult of Dionysis is fascinating but please stop with the AI imagery. Some of those women in the images look deformed with shared limbs like conjoined twins. If I was producing any kind of media content, I would use real photographs or authentic illustrations.

[@dopaminabitches]

blood, fornication and drunkeness. They were demons

[@Venezolano410]

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