person
Pentheus
also: son of Echion
King of Thebes, son of Echion and Agave and grandson of Cadmus. He scorned the rites of his cousin Bacchus and was torn apart by his own mother and aunts in their frenzy.
Reading notes
- Ibis §16 man with a snake for an ancestor
Pentheus of Thebes, descendant of the dragon-born line of Cadmus, torn apart by his own mother and aunts.
- Metamorphoses §3.56 Pentheus
King of Thebes, grandson of Cadmus, who scorns the rites of Bacchus and is destroyed for it.
- Sorrows §5.3 Pentheus
The king of Thebes torn apart for denying Bacchus; his 'impious shade' is wished no rest.