Penteo despedazado por su madre y demas Bacantes · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Penteo despedazado por su madre y demas Bacantes
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Thebes; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts Pentheus, the king of Thebes, being torn apart by the Bacchantes, one of them being his mother. Pentheus had denied Bacchus as a god and did not think he was worthy of festivals being held in his name. The Bacchantes, a frenzied group of women who worship the god Bacchus are depicted tearing Pentheus apart for having disrespected the god. One of Pentheus’ limbs is depicted lying on the ground after having been torn off from his body. Some of the Bacchantes having long spears in their hands and others are using their hands to kill him.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24950
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Dn. Francisco Crivell y Adornados con Estampas finas por D. Jose Assensio [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian With Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell and Decorated with Fine Prints by D. Jose Assensio]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1805)
Image: mta_24950_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Pentheus; Bacchantes; Maenads; Worship; Gods; Mythology