The Bacchanals · 405 BC
Dramatis Personae
Translated by Arthur S. Way (1898)
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Dionysus, the Wine-god, who is called also Bacchus, and Iacchus, and Bromius, the Clamour-king.
Teiresias, a prophet, old and blind.
Kadmus, formerly king of Thebes.
Pentheus, king of Thebes, grandson of Kadmus.
Servant of Pentheus.
Herdman.
Messenger, servant of Pentheus.
Agave, mother of Pentheus, daughter of Kadmus.
Chorus, consisting of Bacchanals, Asiatic women who have followed Dionysus.
Guards, attendants.
Scene: before the royal palace of Thebes.
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