Agave

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Agave is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as the Theban princess and Maenad who, in a Dionysus-induced frenzy, killed her son Pentheus.

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Label Occurrences
Agave canonical 14

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Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maenad
Theban princess
figure in Greek mythology
appearsInWork Euripides' play "The Bacchae"
surface form: Euripides' Bacchae
associatedWithCity Thebes
associatedWithDeity Dionysus
causeOfKillingPentheus madness sent by Dionysus
cultContext Dionysian rites
deceivedBy Dionysus
ethnicity Theban
father Cadmus
gender female
grandfather Agenor
grandmother Telephassa
languageOfSources Ancient Greek
ledGroup Theban Maenads
literaryType tragic heroine
modeOfKillingPentheus sparagmos
mother Ἁρμονία
surface form: Harmonia
motherOf Pentheus
mythologicalTradition Greek mythology
notableAct killed her son Pentheus in a Dionysus-induced frenzy
parentOf Pentheus
religiousRole Bacchant
follower of Dionysus
roleInBacchae central tragic figure
sibling Autonoë
Ino
Polydorus
Semele
spouse Echion
victimOf divine punishment by Dionysus

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Semele sibling Agave
Bacchae featuresCharacter Agave
Cadmus children Agave
Harmonia children Agave
Ino siblingOf Agave
Autonoë sibling Agave
Autonoë hasSister Agave
Polydorus siblingOf Agave
Thyone sibling Agave
Agavoideae containsTaxon Agave
Pentheus mother Agave
Pentheus killedBy Agave
Βάκχαι character Agave
Bassarids ledBy Agave