Pentheus Speech Analysis
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Narrator- Pentheus was the son of Echion, the soldier who helped Cadmus build Thebes, and of Agave, the daughter of Cadmus. Pentheus took over Thebes after Cadmus, but was killed after offending the god of wine, Bacchus, his cousin who was the son of Jupiter and Pentheus’s aunt Semele.
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Narrator- Tiresias was a blind prophet of Thebes. Pentheus was rude to Tiresias about being blind, and often laughed at his prophecies. Tiresias shook his head in disapproval.
Tiresias- You will soon wish you were blind so you would not have to see the worship of Bacchus. The god will soon come to this country, and you will be torn to pieces for not honoring him.
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Narrator- And like Tiresias predicted, …show more content…
Narrator- Pentheus was furious, and tried his hardest to not hurt the prisoner as he glanced at him.”
Pentheus- Tell me who you are, who your family is, and why you follow and spread the religion of Bacchus.
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Acoetes- I am Acoetes. My father could not leave me with anything, for he was a poor man- a fisherman. The only thing he could leave me following his death was the open sea. I soon began to learn how to steer a ship and how to use stars as navigation. One day, while I was on my way to Delos, I was driven off course to the island of Chios. My men and I spent the night there, and when I told my men to get fresh water, they came back instead with a young boy who looked to be drowsy with wine. There was nothing about him that seemed to be mortal.
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Acoetes- I tried warning my crew, but they only wanted to make a profit from their prize. I tried stopping them from coming aboard the ship, but one of the roughest crew members Lycabas took hold of my throat. All the shouting snapped the drunken boy from his senses
Boy-What are you doing? Take me my home Naxos, and there you all will have a friendly …show more content…
Boy- This is not the shore you promised me. What did I do to deserve this?
Acoetes- I was in tears at this point, and my men laughed at me. They continued on their way, eager to reach land and sell their prisoner as a slave. It was then that something incredible happened. The ship stopped moving, despite the sailors efforts to move forward. Ivy began to groaw around the oars. Bacchus then appeared with a crown of leaves and a wand of ivy. At his feet were spotted leopards.
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Acoetes- The crewmen then jumped overboard. I noticed their bodies turning black and their backbones bending into a curve. Their jaws expanded, and their skin became replaced by scales. Another sailor found his arms shrinking into fins, and dove into the water as his legs turned into a tail. Out of twenty men I was the only survivor. I then continued on the way towards Naxos, and when we arrived I joined the religion of Bacchus.”
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Narrator- After hearing Acoetes tell his story, anger overcame Pentheus.
Pentheus- If you think this story will spare your life, you are mistaken. Quickly, slaves, take this man and torture him and make sure he does not
Narrator- Pentheus was the son of Echion, the soldier who helped Cadmus build Thebes, and of Agave, the daughter of Cadmus. Pentheus took over Thebes after Cadmus, but was killed after offending the god of wine, Bacchus, his cousin who was the son of Jupiter and Pentheus’s aunt Semele.
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Narrator- Tiresias was a blind prophet of Thebes. Pentheus was rude to Tiresias about being blind, and often laughed at his prophecies. Tiresias shook his head in disapproval.
Tiresias- You will soon wish you were blind so you would not have to see the worship of Bacchus. The god will soon come to this country, and you will be torn to pieces for not honoring him.
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Narrator- And like Tiresias predicted, …show more content…
Narrator- Pentheus was furious, and tried his hardest to not hurt the prisoner as he glanced at him.”
Pentheus- Tell me who you are, who your family is, and why you follow and spread the religion of Bacchus.
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Acoetes- I am Acoetes. My father could not leave me with anything, for he was a poor man- a fisherman. The only thing he could leave me following his death was the open sea. I soon began to learn how to steer a ship and how to use stars as navigation. One day, while I was on my way to Delos, I was driven off course to the island of Chios. My men and I spent the night there, and when I told my men to get fresh water, they came back instead with a young boy who looked to be drowsy with wine. There was nothing about him that seemed to be mortal.
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Acoetes- I tried warning my crew, but they only wanted to make a profit from their prize. I tried stopping them from coming aboard the ship, but one of the roughest crew members Lycabas took hold of my throat. All the shouting snapped the drunken boy from his senses
Boy-What are you doing? Take me my home Naxos, and there you all will have a friendly …show more content…
Boy- This is not the shore you promised me. What did I do to deserve this?
Acoetes- I was in tears at this point, and my men laughed at me. They continued on their way, eager to reach land and sell their prisoner as a slave. It was then that something incredible happened. The ship stopped moving, despite the sailors efforts to move forward. Ivy began to groaw around the oars. Bacchus then appeared with a crown of leaves and a wand of ivy. At his feet were spotted leopards.
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Acoetes- The crewmen then jumped overboard. I noticed their bodies turning black and their backbones bending into a curve. Their jaws expanded, and their skin became replaced by scales. Another sailor found his arms shrinking into fins, and dove into the water as his legs turned into a tail. Out of twenty men I was the only survivor. I then continued on the way towards Naxos, and when we arrived I joined the religion of Bacchus.”
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Narrator- After hearing Acoetes tell his story, anger overcame Pentheus.
Pentheus- If you think this story will spare your life, you are mistaken. Quickly, slaves, take this man and torture him and make sure he does not