Bakkhánsnők
Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy, returns to Thebes to take revenge on King Pentheus who refuses to acknowledge his divine nature. Dionysus turns the city’s high-ranking women into frenzied Bacchae (Bacchantes). (The word Bacchae comes from Bacchus, the Roman equivalent of Dionysus, whose servants are called Bacchantes.) more








