Question

A man in a play asks if this character is a beast after seeing horns sprouting from his head and two suns in the sky. In another play, a doorkeeper insists on flogging this character to make him prove his identity, since he shouldn’t feel any pain. A king in one play angers this character by chaining him to a bull in a palace stable, after which he escapes by causing (15[1])an earthquake. This character forces his companion to (*) trade clothes with him three times after encountering people angry at Heracles. This character listens to two men taunt each other with the insult “lost his little bottle of oil” as part of a contest between Euripides and Aeschylus, which occurs after this god journeys to the underworld with his slave Xanthias. For 10 points, name this god who drives the title women mad in the play The Bacchae. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Dionysus [accept Bacchus]
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