ABSTRACT
MAENADS The mythic female followers of Dionysus. As liminal females they break all the conventional rules of respectable FEMININITY, dressing, at least in art, in thin flowing garments or nothing at all, with animal SKINS around their shoulders – especially fawn, nebris, and leopard – and WREATHS of ivy. They carry thyrsus STAFFS, and their HAIR flies free of any FILLET or VEIL.
