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Erotic Mythology · @aimeemaroux

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It's the #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇

A mature, bearded #Dionysos watches a #maenad dancing in phallus shorts, a costume in ancient Greek #theatre to play the role of a #satyr, hence the horse tail.

#mythology #GreekRomanArt @antiquidons @histodons @mythology #Dionysus #bacchant #SatyrDay

#dayofdionysos #dionysos #maenad #theatre #satyr #mythology #greekromanart #dionysus #bacchant #satyrday

Last updated 1 year ago

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WIST Quotations · @WISTquote

44 followers · 488 posts · Server zirk.us

A quotation from Euripides:

«««««
Only by fleeing did we avoid
being torn to pieces by the Bacchae,
but they attacked our grazing calves and not with swords in their hands.
You could have seen one of them, apart from the others, mauling with both hands
a young heifer with swelling udders, bellowing all the while;
and other women were ripping apart mature cows, s…
»»»»»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/euripides/60129/

#quote #quotes #quotation #bacchante #frenzy #madness #maenad

Last updated 2 years ago

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Mark Mellon · @Lucomo

1 followers · 16 posts · Server cr8r.gg

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This is a portrait of a maddened maenad (is there any other kind?) in the throes of frenzied devotion to Dionysus, also known as The God Who Comes. I think I got the crazed look on her face OK and the thyrsus isn't too shabby.

#fantasy #swordandsorcery #maenad #grecoroman

Last updated 2 years ago

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Erotic Mythology (comms open) · @AimeeMaroux

1240 followers · 1398 posts · Server mastodon.social

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A dance party for #Satyrday, so that you may channel your inner #satyr or #maenad for your #NewYearsParty tonight 🥳
May the God of Joy, Wine, and Parties heal all your sorrows for this last night of the year! 🥂🍾
Io #Dionysos!

#HappyNewYear #HappyNewYearToAll #GreekRomanArt #AncMed #ancientGreece #vasepainting

#satyrday #satyr #maenad #newyearsparty #dionysos #happynewyear #happynewyeartoall #greekromanart #AncMed #ancientgreece #vasepainting