Lenaeus ( grc-gre, Ληναιος, ''Lēnaios'') is a

masculine Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with men and boys. Masculinity can be theoretically understood as socially constructed, and there is also evidence that some behaviors con ...

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

related to wine presses and the Maenads, the female attendants of

Dionysus In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; grc, Διόνυσος ) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity, and theatre. The Romans ...

and

Bacchus In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; grc, Διόνυσος ) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity, and theatre. The Romans ...

in Greco-Roman mythology. It may refer to: * Johannes Canuti Lenaeus (1573–1669), a Swedish academic and archbishop * Lenaeus (fl. 2nd cent. BC), a Greek slave of the Ptolemaic queen Cleopatra the Syrian who served as regent of Egypt * Pompeius Lenaeus (fl. 1st cent. BC), a Greek slave of the Roman general Pompey who was freed and began a school in Rome It is also used in various

scientific name In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

s: * ''Lenaeus'' (bug), a genus of assassin bugs * '' Episcepsis lenaeus'', a Central American moth * '' Papilio menatius lenaeus'', a South American butterfly * ''H. lenaeus'', a South American butterfly of the genus '' Heliconius'' * ''S. lenaeus'', a beetle of the genus '' Scaraphites''

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