Maenad Quiz
Take the maenad quiz and test your knowledge of maenad madness. Post your scores HERE. Watch out for those maenads!
Take the maenad quiz and test your knowledge of maenad madness. Post your scores HERE. Watch out for those maenads!
JQuiz Instructions
1. The name maenad means the “mad one”, but it is just one of many terms for these women. Which of these is not another name for the maenads?
2. Maenads carried a thyrsus, which was a staff of giant fennel covered in ivy vines and leaves. What was it topped with?
3. The maenads drove themselves into an ecstatic frenzy by dancing. Their dance had a special feature. What was it?
4. When Pentheus, the king of Thebes, tried to prevent the worship of his cousin Dionysus, he was punished by being torn apart by maenads. Who else was similarly punished for offending the god?
5. According to mythology, who were the first maenads?
The maenads always performed their rites at night. But at what time of the year?
7. The most important maenadic rites were held every two years on which mountain above what town?
The maenad rite was called oreibasia. What does that mean?
9. The maenads supposedly tore apart any living thing they got their hands on during their ecstasies. What did they do with their victims?
10. Historical maenad groups were divided into three associations or thyasioi. What mythical figures did these represent?