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Euripides' Bacchae (ca. 406 BC)

Cast:

Dionysus

Pentheus: grandson of Cadmus and now king of Thebes

Cadmus - old grandfather of Pentheus, founder of Thebes

Tiresias - old, blind seer

Agave - sister of Semele, mother of Pentheus, and leader of the....

Bacchae (or Maenads) - women of Thebes who have become followers of Dionysus

Chorus of Maenads

Christus Patiens ('The Passion of Christ', 12th century)