The Bacchae
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Reasonable worship of the gods The play shows that the reasonable and rational worship of the gods will lead to favourable fate for mortals. Do not worship one god above the others as it will always end badly (as shown by the Maenads) but equally do not exclude one god from worship as this will also end badly (as shown by Pentheus). Through Thebes' problems with divine worship, Euripides is subtly praising Athens and their success in divine worship. They worship equally and reasonably. (they h...
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Reasonable worship of the gods The play shows that the reasonable and rational worship of the gods will lead to favourable fate for mortals. Do not worship one god above the others as it will always end badly (as shown by the Maenads) but equally do not exclude one god from worship as this will also end badly (as shown by Pentheus). Through Thebes' problems with divine worship, Euripides is subtly praising Athens and their success in divine worship. They worship equally and reasonably. (they h...