Meaning of mænad | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of maenad.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“VVild yuie) for it is dedicated to Bacchus & therefore it is ſayd that the Mænades (that is Bacchus franticke prieſtes) vſed in theyr ſacrifice to carry⟳ Thyrſos, vvhich vvere pointed ſtaues or Iauelins, vvrapped about vvith yuie.”

“The ſecrets of the good goddeſs are knovvn, vvhen the pipe the loins / Incites; and alſo vvith the horn, and vvith vvine, the Mænads of Priapus / Are driven, aſtoniſhed, and toſs their hair and hovvl.”

“I, a most enamoured maiden / Whose weak brain is overladen / With the pleasure of her love⟳, / Maniac-like around thee move⟳ / Gazing, an insatiate bride, / On thy form⟳ from every side / Like⟳ a Mænad, round the cup / Which Agave lifted up / In the wierd^([sic – meaning weird]) Cadmæan forest.”

“Even in the uttermost frenzy of energy is each mænad movement royally, imperially, incedingly upborne.”

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