英和和英

名詞

menad (plural menads)

1. Alternative spelling of maenad.
   • 1862 July – 1863 August, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “At the Barber’s Shop”, in Romola. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1863, →OCLC, book I, page 309:

     All about the walls hung pen and oil sketches of fantastic sea-monsters; dances of satyrs and menads; […]

   • 1914, Charles Waldstein, “The Subject-matter of Art”, in Greek Sculpture and Modern Art: Two Lectures Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy of London, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: [Cambridge] University Press, →OCLC, page 53:

     We know from the subjects of his [Scopas's] famous statues recorded by ancient writers, such as the raving Menad, that his works were replete with life, movement and passion.