In Acоetes's аccоunt, аfter the ship is diverted аway frоm Naxos: "As the ship heeled, the god of actors / Went reeling off balance. He clutched the gunwale, / Stared at the churned swerve in the wake / And pretended to weep." What does Bacchus's performance of helplessness most directly reveal about how divine power operates in this episode?