The Bacchae Second Choral Lyric Summary

The Chorus pleads with Thebes to save itself by honoring Dionysus. They call on Dionysus to squash Pentheus's brashness.
Suddenly, Dionysus' voice is heard.
The palace is shaken by an earthquake and lightning.
Dionysus appears.
The god asks the Chorus if they were worried when he was arrested.
They say yes, because they're lost without him.
Dionysus tells his followers that it was easy for him to escape.
He tells his followers that a spell was cast on Pentheus. When the King thought he was tying up Dionysus he was really tying up a bull.
Then the god set the stable on fire and flattened it to the ground.
After that, a phantom version of Dionysus appeared in courtyard. Pentheus chased the phantom around until he collapsed exhausted to the ground.