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Family Tree for The Bacchae

Kadmos

Tiresias

Former king of Thebes, now retired

Friend of Kadmos, a blind, old, wise advisor

Zeus

Sky god, father of Dionysos. Semele explodes after demanding to see Zeus's face

Agave

Autonoë and Ino

Semele

Daughter of Kadmos and mother of Dionysos by Zeus

Mother of Pentheus, sister of Semele. Spread false rumors about Semele after her death.

Sisters of Semele and Agave

Dionysos

A young god. God of wine and revels. Mad at Thebes for slandering his mother. Cousin of Pentheus.

Actaeon

Pentheus

The new king of Thebes. Cousin of Dionysos.

Son of Autonoë. As punishment for seeing Diana naked, he was turned into a deer and eaten by his own dogs.

Bacchae

Followers o the Cult of Dionysos. Also called Maenads and Bacchants.

Slaves

Slaves of Thebes working in the vineyards and fields. They yearn for freedom.

The scene of The Bacchae

Stage

City of Thebes

Forest on Mount Kithairon

All of the action in the play takes place in between these spaces, near the grave of Semele

... bodies that interact with and interpenetrate other bodies

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