CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY

Dionysus, the God; son of Zeus and of the The ban princess Semelê.

Cadmus, formerly King of The bes, father of Semelê.

Pentheus, King of The bes, grandson of Cadmus.

Agâvê, daughter of Cadmus, mother of Pentheus.

Teiresias, an Aged The ban 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'Iphigenîa in Aulis'and the'Alcmaeon,'probably in the year405 B.C."