Maenads

thumb|right|Maenad carrying a thyrsus and a leopard with a snake rolled up over her head. Tondo of an ancient Greek Attic white-ground kylix 490–480 BC from [[Vulci. Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany.]] thumb|upright=1.0|Dancing Maenad. Roman copy of Greek original attributed to Kallimachos –400 BC at the Metropolitan Museum of Art In Greek mythology, maenads (; ) were the female followers of Dionysus and the most significant members of his retinue, the thiasus. Their name, which comes from (, "to rave, to be mad; to rage, to be angry"), literally translates as 'raving ones'. Maena

ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides

Polyxo (; Ancient Greek: Πολυξώ Poluxṓ) is the name of several figures in Greek mythology:

Sterope (; Ancient Greek: Στερόπη, , from , steropē, lightning) was the name of several individuals in Greek mythology:

nereid in Greek mythology

painting by Gustave Courbet

characters in Greek mythology called "Gorge"

name of several minor figures in Greek mythology

opera of Francesco Cavalli

In Greek mythology, Lilaea or Lilaia (Ancient Greek: Λίλαια) may refer to two different women: