Symbolism, Imagery & Allegory in Dionysus, Pentheus, and Agave
Sometimes, there's more to a myth than meets the eye
Dionysus vs. Pentheus
The battle between Dionysus and Pentheus is the main conflict in the myth, and it's also chock full of some pretty deep symbolism about the nature of human beings. Dionysus is all wild and crazy, r...
Bull
It's no accident that the Maenads dismember bulls in the story. The bull was a sacred animal of Dionysus, and he was said to sometimes appear in bull form. Some say that by dismembering the bull, t...