Maenad

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Maenad

Summary

Maenad is a group of Greek mythical characters[1]. Maenad worked as a priestess[2]. Maenad ranks in the top 10% of group_of_greek_mythical_characters entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,509 views/month).[3]

Key Facts

  • Maenad worked as a priestess[2].
  • Maenad is recorded as female[4].
  • Maenad's instance of is recorded as group of Greek mythical characters[5].
  • Maenad is a type of escort[6].
  • Maenad is a type of mythological Greek character[7].
  • Maenad's Commons category is recorded as Maenads[8].
  • Maenad's said to be the same as is recorded as Bacchant[9].
  • Maenad comprises Lamia[10].
  • Maenad's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Maenads[11].
  • Maenad's depicted by is recorded as Room of the Bacchantes[12].
  • Maenad's depicted by is recorded as Mosaico con ritratto di Menade[13].
  • Maenad's depicted by is recorded as Relief of Dancing Menads[14].
  • Maenad's depicted by is recorded as Relief with three maenads[15].
  • Maenad's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Maenad's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
  • Maenad's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[18].
  • Maenad's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • Maenad's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Maenad's instance of is recorded as group of Greek mythical characters[5]. Recorded subclass of include escort[6] and mythological Greek character[7].

Use and Application

Maenad comprises Lamia[10].

Why It Matters

Maenad ranks in the top 10% of group_of_greek_mythical_characters entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,509 views/month).[3] Maenad has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Maenad is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

FAQs

What did Maenad do for work?

Maenad worked as priestess[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation priestess
    Instance of group of Greek mythical characters
    Said to be the same as Bacchant
    Sex or gender female
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007284655805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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