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Word: maenads (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1994-1994
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...Roman patron -- This young man has the fury of a devil. Furia didn't simply mean rage; it suggested a state of inspiration, of contact with primeval forces that lie below the surface of culture -- the war god's frenzy, the satyr's beastliness, the erotic abandon of the maenad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ART: Decorum and Fury | 12/5/1994 | See Source »

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