The Bacchae of Euripides (Murray 1906)/Characters
THE BACCHAE
CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY
Dionysus, the God; son of Zeus and of the Theban princess Semelê.
Cadmus, formerly King of Thebes, father of Semelê.
Pentheus, King of Thebes, grandson of Cadmus.
Agâvê, daughter of Cadmus, mother of Pentheus.
Teiresias, an aged Theban prophet.
A Soldier of Pentheus’ Guard.
Two Messengers.
A Chorus of Inspired Damsels, following Dionysus from the East.
“The play was first produced after the death of Euripides by his son, who bore the same name, together with the ‘Iphigenia in Aulis’ and the ‘Alcmaeon,’ probably in the year 405 B.C.”