'woaw, people are actually really interested in musical adaptations of classical greek literature, so much so that they are making millions of dollars at the box office. huh.'
the humble copy of The Bacchae sitting on my Dionysian altar:
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'woaw, people are actually really interested in musical adaptations of classical greek literature, so much so that they are making millions of dollars at the box office. huh.'
the humble copy of The Bacchae sitting on my Dionysian altar:
we have the technology to adapt my favorite greek play into a musical... and i have the passion...
sorry, but pentheus is a dreadful person and should not be idolised or pitied. he brought his death upon himself and it is not in any way comparable to you feeling scared at a lesbian bar. also he's a rapist.
huh? i don't remember that? in which translation??
I know that hes not meant to be a good person and i probably shouldn't relate to him in any way, but damn if i don't sympathise with Pentheus at least a little bit. i definitely have the fear that i'll be seen as an inhuman monster and kicked out if i ever try and go near a women's only space. maybe not killed though. i don't know
Euripides: The Bacchae and Other Plays (ca. 409-406 BCE)
wretch by autoheart can b pentheuscoded 2 the pure & noble of heart
i'd like to thank everyone for the lovely response i've gotten for my bacchae comic and to answer a few questions i've received about it. i have a feeling it's a case of having got outside of its target audience (me, my partner and a couple of friends).
why would it be a hate crime? what's the joke about it being a hate crime?
well. it's tongue in cheek and you definitely need to a) have read the bacchae and b) understand transmisogyny in order to get it. in the bacchae, pentheus (who is represented in the comic by a severed head and an arm) decides to 'infiltrate' the bacchants (who are all women) by dressing as a woman. the women aren't best pleased when they learn about this, corner him, and rip his limbs off.
the joke is that pentheus is a transfeminine character (to me) in that he's the representation of the fears of a transmisogynistic society. the story is basically about women killing a 'man' they think is a predator and trying to 'infiltrate their spaces'. stares off into the distance......okay you can fill in the rest
is the woman on the right a maenad? or dionysus?
she was just meant to be a maenad. however you can make her dionysus if you want. give dionysus tiddies. unfortunately, considering that the whole Pentheus Getting Mobbed By Cis Women In Womens Only Space was his idea, i don't think he'd care about whether agave had committed a hate crime.
speaking of, the women on the left who is rending and tearing and eating pentheus is agave, his mother. surprisingly, this is not the worst mother/son relationship there is in greek mythology.
it is possible that this has raised more questions than it's answered. in which case. i'm so sorry. just read the play
if I see one more person calling Dionysus a ‘fun party god’, I’m going to clobber them with my four different translations of the Bacchae and then force them to listen as I explain in depth how sinister, cruel and manipulative he actually was
