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Pentheus, the young king of Thebes, has denounced Dionysus as the son of Zeus and therefore a god. But Dionysus and a cult of his followers (the Bacchae) have arrived in Thebes to prove his deity. Disguised as a Stranger (and captured as a prisoner), Dionysus meets Pentheus for the first time. His calm demeanor is a sharp contrast to Pentheus鈥� angry and potentially violent outbursts, foreshadowing the king鈥檚 fate before the play is over.
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Pentheus Move away from him. He's no bother while he's chained like that. He's not that fast that he'll escape me.
听He examines Dionysus thoroughly.
Hmmm. Physically, you're not unattractive, stranger. Just like the women for whom you came here, in Thebes. Nice, long plaits, hair that hasn't felt hard work, and, for a greater sexual effect, it's spilled all
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