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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: Nymph, Circe, Metis, Echo, Nereid, Oceanid, Thetis, Syrinx, Dryad, Amalthea, Oread, Maenad, Hesperides, Naiad, Thalia, Lotis, Aglaea, Meliae, Juturna, Britomartis, Adrasteia, Taygete, Pegaeae, Acantha, Oenone, Daphne, Hesperia, Plouto, Limnade, Crinaeae, Cynosura, Melanippe, Chariclo, Ocyrhoe, Nephele, Idaea, Glauce, Adamanthea, Napaeae, Marica, Thriae, Canens, Pitys, Leuce, Pirene, Liriope, Orphne, Axioche, Alphesiboea, Hamadryad, Hegetoria, Calypso, Eurydice, Pleiades, Acis and Galatea, Hyades, Clytie, Aegina, Mount Kyllini, Arethusa, Larissa, Melissa, Ianthe, Harpina, Chione, Nysiads, Electra, Aetna, Pronoe, Pyrene, Metope, Stilbe, Thelpusa, Iynx, Alseid, Salmacis, Alcinoe, Auloniad, Bistonis, Sterope, Korkyra, Corycian nymphs, Nana, Lampads, Othreis, Chrysopeleia, Nicaea, Bolina, Daphnaie, Helike, Salamis, Argyra, Asterodia, Epimeliad, Melaina, Rhapso, Ceto, Astris, Pherusa, Kleodora, Mideia, Himalia, Ionides, Maliades, Kallichore, Euryte, Satyrion, Anthousai, Aurai, Leimakid, Aitne, Chesma, Calybe. Excerpt: In Greek mythology, maenads (Ancient Greek:, mainades) were the female followers of Dionysus (Bacchus in the Roman pantheon), the most significant members of the Thiasus, the god's retinue. Their name literally translates as "raving ones." Often the maenads were portrayed as inspired by him into a state of ecstatic frenzy, through a combination of dancing and drunken intoxication. In this state, they would lose all self-control, begin shouting excitedly, engage in uncontrolled sexual behavior, and ritualistically hunt down and tear to pieces animals - and, in myth at least, sometimes men and children - devouring the raw flesh. During these rites, the maenads would dress in fawn skins and carry a thyrsus, a long stick wrapped in ivy or vine leaves and tipped by a cluster of leaves; they would weave i...
