Tatlock, Jessie M., 1878-1961 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 200
168 Greek and Roman Mythology where. And everywhere the women flocked to his revels. Dressed in the skins of beasts, with streaming hair, brandishing snakes or the ivy- twined wand or thyrsus, they joined in the wild dances. With shrill outcries they tore in pieces the sacrificial animals and… … Fig. 48. Bacchic Procession. fiance of his commands, went out to join the Bac- chantes, he followed to spy on the secret rites. Enraged at this opposition, Bacchus made the women mad. They mistook the king for a wild beast and tore him to pieces, his own mother leading in the murderous assault.…
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