too defied the Wine-giver, saying that he was no god, and that none in Thebes should ever worship him.
And herein is told how Dionysus came in human guise to Thebes, and filled her women with the Bacchanal possession, and how Pentheus, essaying to withstand him, was punished by strange and awful doom.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
Dionysus, the Wine-god, who is called also Bacchus, and Iacchus,
and Bromius, the Clamour-king.
and Bromius, the Clamour-king.
Teiresias, a prophet, old and blind.
Kadmus, formerly king of Thebes.
Pentheus, king of Thebes, grandson of Kadmus.
Servant of Pentheus.
Herdman.
Messenger, servant of Pentheus.
Agave, mother of Pentheus, daughter of Kadmus.
Chorus, consisting of Bacchanals, Asiatic women who have followed Dionysus.
Guards, attendants.
Scene:—before the royal palace of Thebes.
