Faun and Bacchante

In Greek mythology, maenads (or Bacchante) were the female followers of Dionysus and the most significant members of the Thiasus, the god's retinue. This statue shows one of these alongside a faun, another creature often associated with Dionysus.在希腊神话中，酒神狂女（maenads，亦称Bacchante）为酒神狄俄尼索斯的女性追随者，亦是其侍从团（Thiasus，即酒神的专属扈从队伍）中最为举足轻重的成员。本雕像刻画了一位酒神狂女与一位农牧神（faun）同框的场景，而农牧神是一类常与狄俄尼索斯相关联的生灵。