Wednesday 9 November 2011

Pentheus


According to Greek mythology, son of Echion and Agave, and king of Thebes, who banned the worship of Dionysus, the god of wine (Bucknill & Tuke, 1858; Hubback, 1990; Room, 2003; Tuke, 1872). This angered the god who sent a madness to afflict Pentheus’ female relations and all the women of Thebes, and in their madness they tore Pentheus limb from limb (Dixon-Kennedy, 1998; Feder, 1980; March, 1998; Osborn & Burgess, 2004; Room, 2003; Sacks, 2005; Smith, 1870).


Pentheus being torn limb from limb by the Maenads

References:

Bucknill, J.C., & Tuke, D.H. (1858). A manual of psychological medicine. Philadelphia, PA: Blanchard & Lea.

Dixon-Kennedy, M. (1998). Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman mythology. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio          Inc.

Feder, L. (1980). Madness in literature. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Hubback, J. (1990). Tearing to pieces: Pentheus, the Bacchae and analytical psychology. Journal of Analytical Psychology 35, 3-18.

March, J.R. (1998). Cassell’s dictionary of classical mythology. London, England: Cassell & Co.

Osborn, K., & Burgess, D.L. (2004). The complete idiot’s guide to classical mythology. (2nd edition). New York, NY: Alpha Books.

Room, A. (2003). Who’s who in classical mythology. New York, NY: Gramercy Books.

Sacks, D. (2005). Encyclopedia of the ancient Greek world. New York, NY: Facts on File Inc.

Smith, W. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co.

Tuke, D.H. (1872). Insanity in ancient and modern life, with chapters on its prevention. London, England: Macmillan and Co.


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