Dionysus key quotes
- Created by: gsoning
- Created on: 19-05-19 17:57
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- Dionysus
- [re Pentheus] 'He dared to fight against a god'
- justifying his harsh revenge?
- 'one who speaks wisdom will seem foolish the the ignorant'
- [re Pentheus] 'You don't know what your life is, nor what you are doing, nor who you are [...] you are well named for a disaster'
- 'I have set aside my divine form, and in the body of a man I have come here.'
- 'most terrible, and yet most gentle to mankind'
- 'My father Zeus agreed to this long ago'
- 'One who speaks wisdom will seem foolish to the ignorant'
- hint at sophistry, forshadowing
- [re Pentheus] 'You do not know what your life is, nor what you are doing, nor who you are'
- 'the man is moving into the net, and he will come to the Bacchants, where he will be punished by death'
- 'He will come to know that Dionysus is fully a god'
- All Dionysus wants is his family to acknowledge his divinity, the reasoning behind his actions
- 'He will come to know that Dionysus is fully a god'
- [re Pentheus] 'I am sure you will call me your best friend when you see the bacchants bagging more modestly than you expect'
- [re Pentheus] 'Your perceptions were confused before, but now your mind is as it should be'
- hinting at Pentheus' state of madness, he has been reduced to a pathetic state of delusion
- [re Cadmus] 'For I am a god, and I was insulted by you'
- defending his decision to take revenge and ruin his family
- [re Pentheus] 'He dared to fight against a god'
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