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The '''Maenads''' are a group of women in [[Greece|Greek]] mythology. 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== | |||
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]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | ||
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 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" /> | ||
==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" /> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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The Maenads are a group of women in Greek mythology. Followers of the god Dionysos, they were known for their frenzied revelries.
History
In the myths, the Maenads are credited with the death of the King Pentheus of Thebes.[1] 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.[1]
Influence
By the 5th century BCE, a hilly region on the island of Naxos was named after the Maenads.[1]
Trivia
- In Assassin's Creed: Origins a man in Cyrenaica can be heard exclaiming how "Flavius has made us his Maenads."[2]
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