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Bacchantes / Furies / Harpies
Bacchantes
also: Bacchánsnők, Fúriák, Hárpiák, Maenads, Erinyes
Three types of terrifying female figures from classical mythology: Bacchantes (maenads, frenzied devotees of Dionysus), Furies (Erinyes, avenging spirits), and Harpies (predatory wind-demons). In Madách's essay they stand as the dark counterpart to Venus and the Graces.
Reading notes
- On Women and Their Vocation §1 Bacchantes, the Furies, the Harpies
Three classical types of the terrifying female: Bacchantes (maenads, frenzied devotees of Dionysus), Furies (Erinyes, avenging spirits), and Harpies (predatory wind-demons) — the dark counterpart to Venus and the Graces.