pentheus was torn apart by maenads at the end of the bacchae.
who was torn apart by maenads at the end of the bacchae?
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in euripides' play "the bacchae", maenads of thebes murder king pentheus after he bans the worship of dionysus. dionysus, pentheus' cousin, himself lures pentheus to the woods, where the maenads tear him apart. his corpse is mutilated by his own mother, agave, who tears off his head, believing it to be that of a lion. a group of maenads also kill orpheus.
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