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- In Gr**** mythology, Pentheus (/ˈpɛnθjuːs/; Ancient Gr****: Πενθεύς, romanized: Pentheús) was a king of Thebes. His father was Echion, the wisest of the...
- intends to demonstrate to the king, Pentheus, and to Thebes that he was indeed born a god. At the end of the play, Pentheus is torn apart by the women of Thebes...
- because he denied Dionysus' divinity. Dionysus, Pentheus' cousin, lured Pentheus to the woods—Pentheus wanted to see what he thought were the ****ual activities...
- women then attacked Pentheus, tearing him to pieces. In the scene depicted, Pentheus' mother and her sisters have discovered Pentheus and have begun to...
- maenads of Thebes murder King Pentheus after he bans the worship of Dionysus. Dionysus, Pentheus' cousin, himself lures Pentheus to the woods, where the maenads...
- sister of Pentheus, successor of King Cadmus of Thebes. Epirus accompanied Cadmus and Harmonia while they were carrying the body of Pentheus. While in...
- them pulling a live bull to pieces with their hands. Later, after King Pentheus has banned the worship of Dionysus, the god lures him into a forest, to...
- each other until only five of them remained: Echion (****ure father of Pentheus), Udaeus, Chthonius, Hyperenor and Pelorus. These five helped Cadmus to...
- Phytometra pentheus is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by James Farish Malcolm Fawcett in 1916. It is found in Eritrea and Somalia...
- USS Pentheus (ARL-20) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Pentheus (a...