Historians often write them off as mad women. The name Maenad evenliterally translates as the “raving ones”. But these women are much more than that. They are sacred worshippers and holy priestesses to the god of wine, madness and frenzy – Dionysus.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://martinifisher.com/2021/06/14/divinity-beneath-the-madness/