Euripides - The Bacchae (Dramatis Personae) lyrics

DIONYSUS: divine son of Zeus and Semele, also called Bromius or Bacchus. TIRESIAS: an old blind prophet CADMUS: grandfather of both Dionysus and Pentheus, an old man PENTHEUS: young king of Thebes, grandson of Cadmus, cousin of Dionysus AGAVE: mother of Pentheus, daughter of Cadmus, sister of Semele FIRST MESSENGER a cattle herder SECOND MESSENGER: an attendant on Pentheus CHORUS OF BACCHAE: worshippers of Dionysus who have followed him from Asia, also called Maenads or Bacchants. SOLDIERS and ATTENDANTS around Pentheus Supplementary List of Characters and Places The following names are frequently mentioned but are not speaking characters in the play. Actaeon: hunter destroyed by his own dogs as punishment for boasting that he was a better hunter than goddess Artemis, son of Autonoe (one of Cadmus' daughters). Aphrodite: goddess of erotic love and s**uality. Autonoe: sister of Agave, Ino, and Semele, daughter of Cadmus, mother of Actaeon Cithaeron: sacred mountain close to Thebes. Ino: daughter of Cadmus, sister of Agave and Semele Semele: human daughter of Cadmus, mother of Dionysus, k**ed by Zeus' lightning bolt. Thebes: a major Greek city, where (according to some legends) the Greek race originated. Tmolus: sacred mountain in Asia Minor, a**ociated with Dionysus.