Euripides' Bacchae: Translation, Introduction and Notes (Focus Classical Library)
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DIONYSUS, THE GOD; son of Zeus and of the Theban princess Semele.

CADMUS, formerly King of Thebes, father of Semele.

PENTHEUS, King of Thebes, grandson of Cadmus. A

GAVE, daughter of Cadmus, mother of Pentheus.

TEIRESIAS, an aged Theban prophet.

A SOLDIER OF PENTHEUS' GUARD.

TWO MESSENGERS.

A CHORUS OF INSPIRED DAMSELS, following Dionysus from the East.

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