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Maenad, or Mount

Roman

English Heritage

English Heritage
United Kingdom

An ornate cast copper alloy mount, probably from a piece of furniture. In Roman mythology, maenads (a Greek word meaning a mad or raving woman) were known as Bassarids, Bacchae or Bacchantes, as the followers of Bacchus who often wore a fox-skin (bassaris). Bacchus was the Roman name for the Greek god Dionysus, and maenads were associated with the god in both cultures. During rituals maenads would wear ivy-wreaths and dance and drink themselves into an ecstatic frenzy.

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  • Title: Maenad, or Mount
  • Date Created: Roman
  • Location: Chesters Roman Fort
  • Type: Mount
  • Original Source: CHESTERS ROMAN FORT
  • Rights: Trustees of the Clayton Collection and English Heritage
  • Medium: copper alloy
  • Photographer: Frances McIntosh
  • Excavation: Chesters 1881-09-16
  • Credit line: Trustees of the Clayton Collection and English Heritage
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