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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1, Poetry - Volume 1

Note 80 — STATIUS'S THEBAIS.

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Bacchus forced the Theban women to assemble, and give loose to the wild rites by which he was celebrated. It was on this occasion that Pentheus was massacred by his mother.

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