... of Dionysism as presented in Bacchae's parodos would be accepted and integrated in the polis according to Teiresias's enlightened interpretation of Dionysus. It shows how the Chorus makes the charge of madness and folly regarding the intellectual arrogance of Pentheus...

...This chapter examines Teiresias's attempt to convince Pentheus to accept Dionysism. In the first part of his appeal to Pentheus, before the king orders his men to destroy Teiresias's religious seat, Teiresias says: “Come on, Pentheus, believe me, do not be too confident that sovereignty rules men...