person
Agave
also: Agave
Mother of Pentheus, who in Bacchic frenzy tore off her son's head believing him a beast; the very image of one who cannot see her own madness.
Reading notes
- The Satires §2.3 when Agave
Mother of Pentheus, who in Bacchic frenzy tore off her son's head thinking him a wild beast — the figure who cannot see her own madness.