Description: Maenad, female companion of the god Dionysus. 6th century BC
Product ID: AM063
Dimension: 22 cm x 27 cm / 15.7 inches x 11.8 inches
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Product of Avers®, inspired by original Maenad sculpture from 6th century BC, Tetovo
Read more:The Maenads are followers of the god of the vine Dionysus. In Macedonia, according to Plutarch they were called Mimallones and Klodones. Their name literally translates as “raving ones”. The Maenads were entranced women, wandering under the orgiastic spell of Dionysus through the forests and hills. They were known as wild, insane women who could not be reasoned with. They were usually pictured as crowned with vine leaves, clothed in fawn skins and carrying the thyrsus, and dancing with wild abandon.
In this case a small bronze application-sculpture most probably decoration of a bigger vessel used for vine preservation during festivities. It was found in a monumental grave in Tetovo, northwest Macedonia. It is dated in the VI century BC (520 – 510 years, BC).
The late iron age (VI-V century BC) was the last phase of the development of Iron Age in Macedonia, which was marked by the influence of the Greek, late archaic culture and imported objects, mainly from the south. The most well known object of this collection is the Maenad from Tetovo.