Talk:Maenad

Merging
The article Bacchants is merged into this article; Maenads and Bacchants are essentially the same thing. (^'-')^ Covington 02:32, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * It is merged. Left it for future reference. Lophostrix (talk) 15:04, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Misquotes
I think this article misquotes Plato's Ion in the beginning--where is the citation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.2.222.49 (talk) 07:19, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikifying
This article needs careful linking.--Wetman (talk) 06:12, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Dancing off a cliff?
In the movie "Dangerous" starring Bette Davis, Franchot Tone says that The Maenads would dance off the edge of a cliff in their frezy. Is this mentioned in any of the Greek litrature? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.131.58.93 (talk) 14:50, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

C. S. Lewis
In "Prince Caspian", Susan and Lucy are nervous about the maenads, and note that they would not feel safe around them without Aslan present. They are indeed depicted as energetic, dancing girls, but there are hints that they are more than mere dancing children. 165.234.134.202 (talk) 01:59, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Maenads on TV (SPOILER BELOW)
Look out for the revelation of a Maenad on TV's True Blood. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.8.127.70 (talk) 21:37, 20 July 2009 (UTC)


 * The maenad in the book *does* have a thrysus. I don't know if the one in TV does. Cantras (talk) 15:46, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

At least in myth?
—and, at least in myth

Well, it all would be, wouldn't it? This article is very poorly written and poorly sourced. 76.64.153.18 (talk) 23:25, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

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Roman Maenads
The article states: "Maenads were known as Bassarids, Bacchae or Bacchantes in Roman mythology after the penchant of the equivalent Roman god, Bacchus, to wear a bassaris or fox-skin." This sentence feels wrong, as it seems to imply the bassaris is the reason for all three names, whereas Bacchae and Bacchantes come just from Bacchus's name. I'd rephrase it as follows: "In Roman mythology, Maenads were known either as Bacchae or Bacchantes, after the equivalent Roman god, Bacchus, or as Bassarids, after Bacchus's penchant for wearing a bassaris or fox-skin." Kumagoro-42 (talk) 22:21, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

I agree it sounds wrong as well as being inaccurate. I encourage you to change it yourself. Hse643 (talk) 20:03, 23 January 2019 (UTC)Hse643

Too many pictures
The reason I removed all the pictures was because I feel there are too many for such a short article, to the point there seems to be more pictures than text. The article already has several problems and this adds one more. I even feel like all the pictures distract from the fact that the article has very little info and is overall not great. It seems past editors spent more time adding pictures than improving the article, which is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Hse643 (talk) 19:52, 23 January 2019 (UTC)Hse643


 * If you think the article could be better, go ahead and improve it. But you deleted the gallery, which exists precisely because Maenads are known to a considerable degree because of their regular depiction in art from antiquity to modern times.  Galleries are supposed to consist entirely of pictures; if a gallery is included in an article, you should think long and hard about whether it should be removed altogether.  A large gallery could of course be pruned if it contains some images that seem less useful for illustrating the topic of the article; for example if a character in a novel makes a drawing of a Maenad, including the drawing probably doesn't contribute much to the coverage of Maenads, although if the novel is well-known, and the drawing is an important element of it, you might mention that fact without including the drawing itself.  But this article's gallery isn't that huge, and doesn't seem to contain a lot of unhelpful images.  If the rest of the article seems skimpy, then by all means, find some sources and bulk it up.  That should take care of any clutter issues with respect to the in-line pictures.  P Aculeius (talk) 22:34, 23 January 2019 (UTC)