The Bacchae · c. 405 BC
Dramatis Personae
Translated by Gilbert Murray (1902)
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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.
AGAVE, 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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