Meaning of Thyias | Babel Free

Definitions

1. maenad
   Greek, declension-3, feminine
2. Equivalent to 'maenad': A female follower of Dionysus (“the god of wine”), associated with intense revelling.

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“… quālīs commōtīs excitā sacrīs Thyias, ubi audītō stimulant trietērica Bacchō”

2002 translation by A. S. Kline … like a Maenad, thrilled by the shaken emblems of the god, when the biennial festival rouses her, and, hearing the Bacchic cry, Mount Cithaeron summons her by night with its noise.

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