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Maenad Pole Dancing

This design was drawn by Mira to honor the Maenads of ancient Greece. Inspired by an ancient vase from the 4th century BCE, a nymph of Dionysos is dancing with a sacred Thyrsus — a Giant Fennel stalk wrapped in Ivy — and her head is thrown back in ecstasy.

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