person
Agave
Daughter of Cadmus who, in Bacchic frenzy, tore apart her own son Pentheus and carried his head in triumph.
Reading notes
- Oedipus §609 Agave
Mother of Pentheus, who in Bacchic frenzy tore off her son's head; the 'worse mother' among the dead.
- Oedipus §1004 Cadmean mother
Agave again, the type of the frenzied mother, to whom the raging Jocasta is compared.
- The Phoenician Women §365 Agave
Daughter of Cadmus who in Bacchic frenzy tore apart her son Pentheus and bore his head in triumph; Oedipus envies her unawareness of her crime.