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Creatures/Beings/People * Eumenides - The sight of the furies drove guilty men mad with fear. (DM.88) (See justice) * Eurypylus (Greek) - went mad when he opened a chest that contained an image of Dionysus made by Haphaestus. (DM.92) Plants and Minerals * Henbane plant - Pliny said that 4 leaves in a drink would cause lunacy, mania. Also, convultions have resulted from attempts to smoke it. (WDS.444) * Ivy - Associated with Dionysian Cults. Some varieties do "confuse the mind" - it is used as cure and cause drunkenness. (WDS.445) |