Bacchae were one of Euripides many works, this particular work deals with the different relationships of theater to various aspects of society, including its relationship to art itself. Dionysus is the principle subject of Bacchae, is the god of wine and revelry. In addition he was seen as the god most closely associated with the theater, therefore Dionysus is also the patron god of the theater at Athens.
In Bacchae, Dionysus possess a multitude of powers and can take a variety of forms as a god born of a mortal mother, Dionysus comes from both the Olympian he