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	The mural featuring Dionysos and the maenads in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' is based on ''Dance of Bacchantes'' by the ceramic painter Hieron.<ref name="The Dance">''[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17289/17289-h/17289-h.htm The Dance – Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D.]''</ref> This mural seems to be unique to the [[Eleusis Telesterion\|Telesterion]] of [[Sanctuary of Eleusis\|Eleusis]] in the game.		The mural featuring Dionysos and the maenads in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' is based on ''Dance of Bacchantes'' by the ceramic painter Hieron.<ref name="The Dance">''[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17289/17289-h/17289-h.htm The Dance – Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D.]''</ref> This mural seems to be unique to the [[Eleusis Telesterion\|Telesterion]] of [[Sanctuary of Eleusis\|Eleusis]] in the game.

	The term 'maenad' has come to mean a person, usually a woman, who is in a state of wild excitement, especially frenzy.<ref name="Wiktionary">~~[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/~~maenad Maenad~~] on Wiktionary~~</ref> In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'', a man in [[Cyrenaica]] recalled this sense while exclaiming how ''"[[Flavius Metellus\|Flavius]] has made [them] his Maenads."''<ref name="The Final Weighing">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Final Weighing]]</ref>		The term 'maenad' has come to mean a person, usually a woman, who is in a state of wild excitement, especially frenzy.<ref name="Wiktionary">{{WT\|maenad\|Maenad}}</ref> In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'', a man in [[Cyrenaica]] recalled this sense while exclaiming how ''"[[Flavius Metellus\|Flavius]] has made [them] his Maenads."''<ref name="The Final Weighing">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Final Weighing]]</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	[[File:ACOd-mural-DanceofBacchantes.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|A 5th century BCE fresco featuring Dionysos and maenads]]		[[File:ACOd-mural-DanceofBacchantes.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|A 5th century BCE fresco featuring Dionysos and maenads]]
	The '''Maenads''' are a group of women in [[Greece\|Greek]] mythology. [[Cult of Dionysos\|Followers]] of the god [[Dionysos]], they were known for their frenzied revelries.		The '''Maenads''' are a group of women in [[Greece\|Greek]] mythology. [[Cult of Dionysos\|Followers]] of the god [[Dionysos]], they were known for their frenzied revelries.

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	[[File:ACOd-mural-DanceofBacchantes.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|A 5th century BCE fresco featuring Dionysos and maenads]]		[[File:ACOd-mural-DanceofBacchantes.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|A 5th century BCE fresco featuring Dionysos and maenads]]
	The '''Maenads''' are a group of women in [[Greece\|Greek]] mythology. [[Cult of Dionysos\|Followers]] of the god [[Dionysos]], they were known for their frenzied revelries.		The '''Maenads''' are a group of women in [[Greece\|Greek]] mythology. [[Cult of Dionysos\|Followers]] of the god [[Dionysos]], they were known for their frenzied revelries.
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	==History==		==History==
	In the myths, the Maenads are credited with the death of the King [[Pentheus]] of [[Thebes, Greece\|Thebes]].		In the myths, the Maenads are credited with the death of the King [[Pentheus]] of [[Thebes, Greece\|Thebes]].
	The king had forbidden the worship of Dionysos in his city, and spied his own {{Wiki\|Agave (Theban princess)\|mother}} among the Maenads, until the participants noticed him and pulled him down from the tree he was hiding in, tearing his limbs and head off.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations#Korinthia\|Korinthia: Statue of Dionysos]]</ref>		The king had forbidden the worship of Dionysos in his city, and spied his own {{Wiki\|Agave (Theban princess)\|mother}} among the Maenads, until the participants noticed him and pulled him down from the tree he was hiding in, tearing his limbs and head off.<ref name="Statue of Dionysos">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations#Korinthia\|Korinthia: Statue of Dionysos]]</ref>

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	The [[Daughters of Artemis]] also named one of their [[Maenad's Camp\|campsites]] after the women during the [[Peloponnesian War]].<ref name="ACOd" />		The [[Daughters of Artemis]] also named one of their [[Maenad's Camp\|campsites]] after the women during the [[Peloponnesian War]].<ref name="ACOd" />

	==~~Trivia~~==		==Behind the scenes==
	*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' a man in ~~[[Cyrenaica]] can be heard exclaiming how ''"[[Flavius Metellus\|Flavius]] has made us his Maenads."''<ref>~~''[[Assassin's Creed: ~~Origins~~]]'' ~~– [[The Final Weighing]]</ref>~~		The mural featuring Dionysos and the maenads in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' is based on ''Dance of Bacchantes'' by the ceramic painter Hieron.<ref name="The Dance">''[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17289/17289-h/17289-h.htm The Dance – Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D.]''</ref> This mural seems to be unique to the [[Eleusis Telesterion\|Telesterion]] of [[Sanctuary of Eleusis\|Eleusis]] in the game.
	*The mural featuring Dionysos and the maenads is based on ''Dance of Bacchantes'' by the ceramic painter Hieron.<ref>''[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17289/17289-h/17289-h.htm The Dance – Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D.]''</ref>
	**This mural seems to be unique to the [[Eleusis Telesterion\|Telesterion]] of [[Sanctuary of Eleusis\|Eleusis]].		The term 'maenad' has come to mean a person, usually a woman, who is in a state of wild excitement, especially frenzy.<ref name="Wiktionary">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maenad Maenad] on Wiktionary</ref> In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'', a man in [[Cyrenaica]] recalled this sense while exclaiming how ''"[[Flavius Metellus\|Flavius]] has made [them] his Maenads."''<ref name="The Final Weighing">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Final Weighing]]</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' a man in [[Cyrenaica]] can be heard exclaiming how ''"[[Flavius Metellus\|Flavius]] has made us his Maenads."''<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Final Weighing]]</ref>		*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' a man in [[Cyrenaica]] can be heard exclaiming how ''"[[Flavius Metellus\|Flavius]] has made us his Maenads."''<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Final Weighing]]</ref>
	*The mural featuring Dionysos and the maenads is based on ''Dance of Bacchantes'' by the ceramic painter Hieron.<ref>''[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17289/17289-h/17289-h.htm The Dance – Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D.]''</ref>		*The mural featuring Dionysos and the maenads is based on ''Dance of Bacchantes'' by the ceramic painter Hieron.<ref>''[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17289/17289-h/17289-h.htm The Dance – Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D.]''</ref>
			**This mural seems to be unique to the [[Eleusis Telesterion\|Telesterion]] of [[Sanctuary of Eleusis\|Eleusis]].

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' a man in [[Cyrenaica]] can be heard exclaiming how ''"[[Flavius Metellus\|Flavius]] has made us his Maenads."''<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Final Weighing]]</ref>		*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' a man in [[Cyrenaica]] can be heard exclaiming how ''"[[Flavius Metellus\|Flavius]] has made us his Maenads."''<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Final Weighing]]</ref>
			*The mural featuring Dionysos and the maenads is based on ''Dance of Bacchantes'' by the ceramic painter Hieron.<ref>''[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/17289/17289-h/17289-h.htm The Dance – Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D.]''</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	The '''Maenads''' are a group of women in [[Greece\|Greek]] mythology. [[Cult of Dionysos\|Followers]] of the god [[Dionysos]], they were known for their frenzied revelries.		The '''Maenads''' are a group of women in [[Greece\|Greek]] mythology. [[Cult of Dionysos\|Followers]] of the god [[Dionysos]], they were known for their frenzied revelries.

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	The '''Maenads''' are a group of women in [[Greece\|Greek]] mythology. [[Cult of Dionysos\|Followers]] of the god [[Dionysos]], they were known for their frenzied revelries.		The '''Maenads''' are a group of women in [[Greece\|Greek]] mythology. [[Cult of Dionysos\|Followers]] of the god [[Dionysos]], they were known for their frenzied revelries.

	==History==		==History==
	In the myths, the Maenads are credited with the death of the King [[Pentheus]] of [[Thebes, Greece\|Thebes]].		In the myths, the Maenads are credited with the death of the King [[Pentheus]] of [[Thebes, Greece\|Thebes]].
	The king had forbidden the worship of Dionysos in his city, and spied his own {{Wiki\|Agave (Theban princess)\|mother}} among the Maenads, until the participants noticed him and pulled him down from the tree he was hiding in, tearing his limbs and head off.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – ~~[[Historical Locations]] /~~ [[Historical Locations#Korinthia\|Korinthia]]: Statue of Dionysos</ref>		The king had forbidden the worship of Dionysos in his city, and spied his own {{Wiki\|Agave (Theban princess)\|mother}} among the Maenads, until the participants noticed him and pulled him down from the tree he was hiding in, tearing his limbs and head off.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations#Korinthia\|Korinthia: Statue of Dionysos]]</ref>

	==Influence==		==Influence==

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	==History==		==History==
	In the myths, the Maenads are credited with the death of the King [[Pentheus]] of [[Thebes, Greece\|Thebes]].~~<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>~~		In the myths, the Maenads are credited with the death of the King [[Pentheus]] of [[Thebes, Greece\|Thebes]].
	The king had forbidden the worship of Dionysos in his city, and spied his own mother among the Maenads, until the participants noticed him and pulled him down from the tree he was hiding in, tearing his limbs and head off.<ref ~~name="ACOd"~~ />		The king had forbidden the worship of Dionysos in his city, and spied his own {{Wiki\|Agave (Theban princess)\|mother}} among the Maenads, until the participants noticed him and pulled him down from the tree he was hiding in, tearing his limbs and head off.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Historical Locations]] / [[Historical Locations#Korinthia\|Korinthia]]: Statue of Dionysos</ref>

	==Influence==		==Influence==
	By the 5th century BCE, a [[Maenad's Hills\|hilly region]] on the island of [[Naxos Island\|Naxos]] was named after the Maenads.<ref name="ACOd" />		By the 5th century BCE, a [[Maenad's Hills\|hilly region]] on the island of [[Naxos Island\|Naxos]] was named after the Maenads.<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>

	The [[Daughters of Artemis]] also named one of their [[Maenad's Camp\|campsites]] after the women during the [[Peloponnesian War]].<ref name="ACOd" />		The [[Daughters of Artemis]] also named one of their [[Maenad's Camp\|campsites]] after the women during the [[Peloponnesian War]].<ref name="ACOd" />
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	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{Mo}}
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{c\|artwork only}}

	==References==		==References==

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	==Influence==		==Influence==
	By the 5th century BCE, a [[Maenad's Hills\|hilly region]] on the island of [[Naxos Island\|Naxos]] was named after the Maenads.<ref name="ACOd" />		By the 5th century BCE, a [[Maenad's Hills\|hilly region]] on the island of [[Naxos Island\|Naxos]] was named after the Maenads.<ref name="ACOd" />

			The [[Daughters of Artemis]] also named one of their [[Maenad's Camp\|campsites]] after the women during the [[Peloponnesian War]].<ref name="ACOd" />

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' a man in [[Cyrenaica]] can be heard exclaiming how ''"[[Flavius Metellus\|Flavius]] has made us his Maenads."''<ref ~~name=""~~>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Final Weighing]]</ref>		*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' a man in [[Cyrenaica]] can be heard exclaiming how ''"[[Flavius Metellus\|Flavius]] has made us his Maenads."''<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Final Weighing]]</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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			The '''Maenads''' are a group of women in [[Greece\|Greek]] mythology. [[Cult of Dionysos\|Followers]] of the god [[Dionysos]], they were known for their frenzied revelries.
	The '''Maenads''' are a group of women in [[Greece\|Greek]] mythology. Followers of the god [[Dionysos]], they were known for their frenzied revelries.

	==History==		==History==

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	[[File:ACOd-mural-DanceofBacchantes.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|A 5th century BCE fresco featuring Dionysos and maenads]]		[[File:ACOd-mural-DanceofBacchantes.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|A 5th century BCE fresco featuring Dionysos and maenads]]
	The '''Maenads''' are a group of women in [[Greece\|Greek]] mythology. [[Cult of Dionysos\|Followers]] of the god [[Dionysos]], they were known for their frenzied revelries.		The '''Maenads''' are a group of women in [[Greece\|Greek]] mythology. [[Cult of Dionysos\|Followers]] of the god [[Dionysos]], they were known for their frenzied revelries.