Pentheus and Dionysos
Pentheus, king of Thebes, opposes the orgiastic cult of Dionysos/Bacchus, but he is torn to pieces by the god's wild followers, the Bacchantes
Picture No
10082048
Media ID
47296178
Size
4270px x 3528px
(3.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
engraving by J Briot in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 89
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