Associations to the word «Maenad»

Wiktionary

MAENAD, noun. (Greek mythology) A female follower of Dionysus, associated with intense reveling.
MAENAD, noun. An excessively wild or emotional woman.

Dictionary definition

MAENAD, noun. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
MAENAD, noun. (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca