Religious significance Greek theater was a form of religious expression and worship."Religion." Oxford University Press, 2011. Web. 25 October 2011. The Bacchae re-enacts how Dionysus had come to be a god. In ancient Greek theatre, "role-playing is a well-known feature of ritual liminality."Lada-Richards, Ismene. Initiating Dionysus: Ritual and Theatre in Aristophanes' Frogs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. 159–164. Print.
Religious significance Greek theater was a form of religious expression and worship."Religion." Oxford University Press, 2011. Web. 25 October 2011. The Bacchae re-enacts how Dionysus had come to be a god In ancient Greek theatre, "role-playing is a well-known feature of ritual liminality."Lada-Richards, Ismene. Initiating Dionysus: Ritual and Theatre in Aristophanes' Frogs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. 159–164. Print.