Maenad Flashcards
1
Q
What kind of vase?
A
Red-figure stamnos
2
Q
Who’s the artist?
A
Dinos painter
3
Q
What does the vase depict?
A
Women dancing around a statue of Dionysus which is fastened to a pillar and decorated with ivy. Some maenads carry a thrysus, another plays a tambourine, while one ladels from a stamnos into a cup. Woman pouring wine has let her hair down, some maenads toss their heads in religious ecstasy
