Agave

Related Category: Folklore and Mythology

(əgā´vē): see Pentheus.

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Pentheus - in Greek mythology, king of Thebes, son of Cadmus' daughter Agave. When Dionysus came to Thebes, Pentheus denied his divinity and tried to prevent his ecstatic rites. The women of Thebes, led by Agav...