In line 209 of Oedipus Rex, it says Bacchus/Dionysus gave his name to the thebians' country, but I don't really understand what it means by that.
In line 209 of Oedipus Rex, it says Bacchus/Dionysus gave his name to the thebians' country, but I don't really understand what it means by that.
It was where he was born. He returned there to take revenge on those that did not worship him there and that did not believe his mother had been impregnated by Zeus.
Thebes
The chorus calls upon the god Bacchus to make soldiers drunk. The chorus wants the city of Thebes to be freed from the plague that's decreasing the harvest and the numbers of livestock and of Thebans. The chorus knows that the war god Ares always is ready to solve problems militarily. Bacchus' influence therefore can keep soldiers from hearing the divine call of the war god for military action.
...Bacchus...
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