Isidore (they/them) 25. Hellenic Priestess of Temple Kharis. Priestess of Artemis. Oracle and Certified Death Doula.
A stunning Hellenistic glass vase shaped like a pomegranate. A symbol of life, fertility, abundance and good luck for the year ahead!
Dated 2nd century BC - 1st century AD.
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Rites of Dionysus
The Maenads are the female devotees and followers of Dionysus, God of Wine and Ecstasy.
Driven into ecstatic frenzies during their rites they were told to run wild in the forests, tearing men and animals alike from limb to limb.
Most famously perhaps, they are featured in Euripides’ play “The Bacchae” where Dionysus drives the doubting women of Thebes wild which ultimately leads to them dismembering their king, Pentheus.
In real life, the Maenads were priestesses and followers of shrines of Dionysus, a lot less blood thirsty but probably similarly intense in their worship (and wine consumption)
