Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 15:40:05 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need a name for the vinum daemon Message-ID: <199810201340.PAA00443@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <19981020151058.E2844@freebie.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Oct 20, 98 03:10:58 pm"
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Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Monday, 19 October 1998 at 23:37:45 -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
> > At 03:02 PM 10/20/98 +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> >
> >>> P.S. -- If you want something ending with a "d", my wife
> >>> suggests "maenad." Which fits, though technically it's
> >>> Greek, not Latin.
> >>
> >> I don't really see the connection with wine, either.
> >
> > There's a very strong one, actually.
> >
> > The "maenads" (or "Bacchantes") were female followers of
> > Bacchus/Dionysus. They'd get rip-roaring drunk and were
> > rumored to attack men, tearing them to shreds. Pretty
> > demonic.
>
> Ah. This might be a slightly popularized version. In fact, they got
> high on laurel leaves.
Actually the usual classicist explanation for the _enthousiamos_
("possession") which occurred during Dionysiac _orgia_ (no need to
translate *that*) was darkness, torch light, rhythmic dancing, music,
and (fairly definitely) wine.
Though I believe the Maenads of the Holy Albino (affiliated with
the Jihad to Destroy Barney the Purple Dinosaur[tm]) advocate
"unhealthy snacks".
--
Robert Nordier
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