Studied by 0 peopleAlexander F. Garvie - Tragedians & Tiresias
Tragedians treat Tiresias with great respect, and those who question his wisdom tend to regret it
Alexander F. Garvie - Dionysus
The god who throughout the play promises joy will at the end produce only suffering and horror
Roisman - Pentheus
He has enough of the positive in him to arouse our sympathy when he is torn to pieces
Morales - Pentheus
The feminization of Pentheus is indicative of his downfall
Goldhill - Dionysus
He is a figure who confuses the boundaries of who we are. He is human and god. Male and female.
Mills - Pentheus and Dionysus
Pentheus is manipulated into the mistake of believing that he is dealing with an equal
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