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Semele has an affair with the god Zeus, who kills her but saves her unborn child, Dionysus.
PrologosDionysus, half-mortal and half-god, gains followers, called Maenads, throughout Asia.
PrologosDionysus possesses Theban women, the Bacchae, who run off to the mountains in response to his call.
PrologosPentheus arrives in Thebes from a trip, distressed by the behavior of the Theban women.
Episode 1Pentheus declares war on Dionysus and the Theban Bacchae, one of whom is his mother, Agave.
Episode 3A messenger tells the story of how the Bacchae escaped capture and ravaged a nearby town.
Episode 3Pentheus dresses as a woman so he can spy on the Bacchae reveling in the mountains.
Episode 4Agave and Cadmus learn of their fates; she will be banished, and he will be turned into a snake.
Episode 6| Section | Summary |
|---|---|
| Prologos | Dionysus, son of Zeus, enters. He stands before the royal palace at Thebes, disguised as a mortal, girlishly attractive ... Read More |
| Parados | After Dionysus exits to join his Maenads, the chorus of nine begins to exalt their god. They call for everyone to remain... Read More |
| Episode 1 | Tiresias, the old Theban prophet, arrives at the palace to meet his friend, Cadmus, the former king of Thebes. They plan... Read More |
| Stasimon 1 | After Pentheus exits into the palace, Tiresias and Cadmus exit off to the mountains. The chorus members sing of Pentheus... Read More |
| Episode 2 | Dionysus makes his return in the guise of the Lydian stranger, whose capture, the soldier tells Pentheus, was remarkably... Read More |
| Stasimon 2 | In the second ode, the chorus chastises Pentheus and Thebes alike. In three parts, they retell Dionysus's birth story, c... Read More |
| Episode 3 | An explosive light and Dionysus's divine voice from offstage tell the chorus their god has heard their calls. An earthqu... Read More |
| Stasimon 3 | The chorus reviews the events of the last scene with relief, relating the story in terms of a fawn escaping a hunter's n... Read More |
| Episode 4 | Dionysus's plan is nearing fruition. He beckons Pentheus to enter, and the young king emerges dressed as a female Baccha... Read More |
| Stasimon 4 | The chorus, anticipating the impending bloodlust and gory murder, are excited. They invoke the "hounds of madness" to go... Read More |
| Episode 5 | The second messenger arrives, one of Pentheus's servants. He declares Pentheus is dead. The chorus leader yells out prai... Read More |
| Stasimon 5 | The chorus is ebullient over both the fact and the manner of Pentheus's death. They declare they should dance to "honor ... Read More |
| Episode 6 | Still in the clutches of Dionysian possession, Agave returns to the palace. Boasting of her kill, she declares she will ... Read More |
| Exodos | The chorus sings one final song about the power of the gods, singing "what people thought would happen" never happened, ... Read More |
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