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Maenad Relief, Capitoline Museums
A Pentelic marble relief depicting a dancing Maenad. From a circular monument, Roman copy of a 5th century BCE Greek original by Kallimachos. (Capitoline Musuems, Rome)

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Maenad, Red-Figure Cup
Greek red figure stemless cup from Apula, 330-320 BCE, depicting a dancing maenad - female follower of Dionysus - holding a bell and tambourine. (Archaeological Museum, Milan)

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Krater with Dionysus & Maenad
Red-figure krater depicting the god Dionysus and a Maenad, one of his female followers. Dionysus is seated on the left, holding a thyrsus (pine staff) in one hand. The maenad stands before him, holding a tympanon (frame drum), decorated with...

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Etruscan Maenad Roof Tile
A decorative end roof tile in the form of a maenad from the Etruscan Portonaccio Temple at Veii, central Italy. 510 BCE. (National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome)

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Roman Sarcophagus Fragment Portraying an Aethiopian & Maenad
This fragment from the upper right corner of a sarcophagus portrays the head of a male Aethiopian (African) youth and a maenad. The piece dates to around the early 3rd Century CE and is a part of the Roman Sarcophagi Collection at the Metropolitan...

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Head of a Maenad
Head of the maenad called “Apollo Tyszkiewicz”, Roman archaic creation from the middle of the 1st century BCE, Greece (?), Marble. Musée du Cinquantenaire (Brussels, Belgium). Make with ReMake and ReCap from AutoDesk. This work, created...

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7 Ancient Sites in Georgia
Georgia, lying at the junction of Europe and Asia, is a country of ancient myths with a rich and turbulent history. Home to the first European hominids and the birthplace of wine, Georgia's roots trace back to ancient civilisations. Throughout...

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Platter with Bacchic Decoration
This small dish or platter (one of a pair) with a Bacchic scene is closely related in style and subject to the Mildenhall Great Dish itself. Both show Maenads (female followers of Bacchus) dancing and playing musical instruments, in one case...

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Relief of Dionysus with Restored Colour
Comparison between a relief of a drunken Dionysus with a digitally restored version. Dionysus leans on a satyr while Maenads dance around him. A small Pan tugs on his robe. This restoration shows the relief in the original colours it was...

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Fresco of Dionysos and Ariadne, Getty Villa
Fresco Panel Depicting Dionysos and Ariadne, between 1 and 79 CE. Nude but for the drapery swirling around them, Bacchus and his consort Ariadne walk with arms entwined against a plain white background, as if floating. Ariadne lifts a...