Two epithets of bacchus-the former indecent.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
bacchus himself is the hero of the play.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
Pentheus, who represents reason, is the enemy of bacchus, but fascinated by him, loses his life; reason leads to death when it makes no concession to the instincts.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell