Euripides " THE BACCHAE " Print

Dionysus, disguised as a Stranger, has been caught by Pentheus’ guards, and Pentheus cross-examines the god before imprisoning him. Dionysus escapes, of course, making it seem as if the palace is crumbling and ablaze. A Herdsman arrives to tell us about the women on the mountain, including Pentheus’ mother Agave: they’re living an idyllic life in tune with nature until they begin ravaging the local livestock in a bloodthirsty rampage. Pentheus prepares to take arms again the women, until Dionysus convinces him he would learn more going in disguise as another female follower of the god. Pentheus, intrigued, agrees to be dressed as a woman and heads off to the mountain. No sooner does a messenger tell us the horrible result of that journey—Agave, mistaking her son for a mountain lion, rips him limb-from-limb with her bare hands—than Agave herself appears holding in triumph the head of Pentheus. Cadmus finally makes his daughter see what she has done under the influence of Dionysus, and Dionysus reveals himself as a god and tells the Thebans of his wrath and th

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:13.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in

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