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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 | *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== | ||
Revision as of 11:35, 26 May 2019
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]
The Daughters of Artemis also named one of their campsites after the women during the Peloponnesian War.[1]
Trivia
- In Assassin's Creed: Origins a man in Cyrenaica can be heard exclaiming how "Flavius has made us his Maenads."[2]
Appearances
References