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Pentheus and Bacchus

• Ryan Welch

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• Pentheus, son of Echion and Agave
• Bacchus, son of Jove and Semele

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The Beginning

• Tiresias warns Pentheus that if he disregards
  Bacchus, he will be torn into pieces. He
  completely ignores the prophecy.
• Pentheus tries to rally his people to defend
  their city against Bacchus.
• Pentheus sends his slaves to fetch Bacchus and
  they bring back one of his companions, Acoetes, a
  ship captain.

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The Middle

• Acoetes story His men found Bacchus in the
  wilderness and told him they would take him to
  his home, Naxos. His men did not, however, take
  Bacchus to Naxos, and Bacchus turned them all
  into sea creatures all except Acoetes, who
  sailed him to Naxos.
• Pentheus throws Acoetes in jail, but he escapes,
  and Pentheus goes to the the mountain to fight
  Bacchus.

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The End

• Bacchus turns Pentheus into a wild boar, and his
  mother and her sisters charge him and rip him
  into pieces.

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Death of Pentheus
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Pentheus torn apart by Ino and Agave