Pentheus Flashcards
Who are the parents of Pentheus?
Agave and Echion
Who is the father of Pentheus?
Echion
Who is the mother of Pentheus?
Agave
Who is the son of Agave and Echion?
Pentheus
What god did Pentheus refuse to honor?
Dionysus
What did Pentheus forbid?
forbid the women of Cadmeia to join in the frenzied rites of the bacchants who roamed with Dionysus
Who imprisoned the bacchants?
Pentheus
What happened when the bacchants were imprisoned?
the chains fell off and the doors mysteriously opened
Who spied on the revels of the bacchants?
Pentheus
Who killed Pentheus?
Agave, Ino, and Autonoe (daughters of Cadmus)
Where was Pentheus hiding when he was killed?
a tree
What did cadmus’s daughters imagine Petheus to be?
a wild beast
How did Pentheus die?
he torn to bits by his mother and aunts
Who was exiled from thebes for killing a king?
The daughters of Cadmus
Who succeeded Pentheus as king of Thebes?
Polydorus
Who preceded Pentheus as king of Thebes?
Cadmus
