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The Bacchae
By Euripides - Stage play
Roles
- Tiresias - Senior (>50), Male
About this piece
Tiresias prasises Dionysus
Summary
The play is about Dionysus' revenge over the royal house of Cadmus, his mortal family. The background story is that Dionysus' mother, Semele, as a consequence of a relationship with Zeus, gave birth to Dionysus. After Semele's death (she dies by seeing Zeus in his divine form) her family doesn't recognize Dionysus's divine nature. After traveling through Asia and several lands and gathering a cult following, Dionysus comes back to Thebes to seek revenge. Dionysus has also a cult following in Thebes but his cousin, king Pentheus, bans this rites. In this scene Pentheus finds Cadmus and Tiresias, an old prophet, celebrating Bacchic rituals. After he scolds them, in this monologue, Tiresias replies by praising Dionysus and his divine nature.
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