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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...
- but the Thebans reject his divinity and king Pentheus orders his arrest. Eventually, Dionysus drives Pentheus insane luring him to the mountains. The play...
- 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...
- 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...
- because he denied Dionysus' divinity. Dionysus, Pentheus' cousin, lured Pentheus to the woods—Pentheus wanted to see what he thought were the ****ual activities...
- Dionysus returns to his birthplace, Thebes, which is ruled by his cousin Pentheus. Pentheus, as well as his mother Agave and his aunts Ino and Autonoe, disbelieve...
- women then attacked Pentheus, tearing him to pieces. In the scene depicted, Pentheus' mother and her sisters have discovered Pentheus and have begun to...
- Plays" held in New York City each fall. In mid-2009, he pla**** the role of Pentheus in the New York City Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production...
- 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...
- favour of his grandson Pentheus. Pentheus has learned of the cult of Dionysus, which involves wild and irrational revelry. Pentheus plans to ban the cult...