0
Actaeon, the hunter, was torn apart by his own hounds, after he had been turned into a deer for having seen chaste Artemis naked.
Pentheus, the king of Thebes, was torn apart by maenads (female followers of Dionysus in a state of ecstatic frenzy) for having banned the worship of said deity in his city. In this act, the maenads were led by Pentheus' own mother, Agave.
They are similar in that in both cases the men in question are pulled apart by those who were previously loyal to them, now oblivious to their true nature; Actaeon by his hounds ('man's best friend') who did not see past the metamorphosis, while the Maenads, among which were close relatives, pulled Pentheus apart with their bare hands thinking he was a lion, and again he was killed by those close to him.
Still curious? Ask our experts.
Chat with our AI personalities
Devin
Ross
ViviAdd your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What color was hades staff?
blue blue is the WRONG answer Poseidon's trident is blue like the ocean hades is black like death Zeus is yellow or gold like a lightning bolt
Who is the goddess of the dead?
There is no goddess of death. There are several female spirits associated with war and suffering, and some goddesses associated with the underworld, like Persephone, queen of the Underworld, and Hecate, goddess of magic, but no "goddess of death." Thanatos is the personification of death, what we today think of as the Grim Reaper, and Hades was lord of the underworld and therefore the dead.
Did the Greeks like Hades?
Most Greeks were afraid of Hades, afraid of attracting his attention and thus the attention of death, but they definitely respected him.
What are some traits of hades?
He was gloomy and grim as the ruler of the dead, a serious god who could not be swayed or appeased and thus the Greeks did not like him, for much the same reason we today do not like death. he sucked dick
What ancient Egyptian belief did the sun and river lay at the root of?
Ancient Egyptian conviction of life after death. Like the sun and the crops, Man, they Felton assures, would rise again to live a second life
