The Bacchae

What metaphors are used in The Bacchae by Euripides?

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In Lines 370-519, Bacchus' presence takes the common religious metaphors about God's presence and transforms them into flesh and blood. He is here, now, no distant or indifferent deity.

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The Bacchae