Agave kills Pentheus while possessed by the god, believing h…
Agave kills Pentheus while possessed by the god, believing him to be a boar: “It’s the boar that ploughed up our gardens! / I’ve hit it!” The text then concludes: “The lesson / Was not lost on Thebes, the city of letters. / Women made sure, thereafter, / That this sleepy child / Was acknowledged, was honoured.” What does this ending most powerfully reveal about how the myth’s lesson is transmitted?
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