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Pentheus

Name: Horace Entire
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Author: Quintus Horatius Flaccus

also: Penthei

King of Thebes who scorned Bacchus and was destroyed, his palace 'shattered in no gentle ruin.'

Reading notes

The Odes §2.19 Pentheus
The Theban king who scorned Bacchus; his palace was 'shattered in no gentle ruin.'
The Epistles §1.16 Pentheus
King of Thebes who scorned Bacchus and was destroyed, his palace 'shattered in no gentle ruin.'

The Odes poem · 1 mention

The Epistles poem · 1 mention