The Bacchae Study Guide consists of approx. 57 pages of summaries and analysis on The Bacchae by Euripides. Browse the literature study guide below:
Dionysus, son of the god, Zeus, and the mortal, Semele, is at the palace of Pentheus, King of Thebes. Dionysus addresses the audience to announce himself and his reason for coming. He has taken the form of a human leader of the Dionysian cult, so that he may punish those of Thebes who do not worship him as a god. He also intends by this to vindicate his mother, Semele. (
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