Mnemosyne here ,again, Dionysus is too hungover to type out a blog at the moment so I'll be filling in for him. He wanted me to tell the story "The Bacchae".

*ahem* When Dionysus went back to Thebes, disguised as a peasant and with his bacchants in tow, he was aiming to clear his mother's reputation as a liar. Semele's father Cadmus gave control of the kingdom to Pentheus, who decided that the worship of Dionysus was not to be allowed in the city of Thebes. This angered Dionysus, who then drove Semele's sisters, Agave, Autonoe, and Ino mad, sending them to Mt. Cithaeron to preform Dionysian rites. Pentheus does not believe in the divine madness and is convinced the women are simply drunk, so he orders the royal guards to capture Dionysus and his maenads, whom he see's as being the root of the problem (although he is not aware it is Dionysus at all.) Dionysus lets himself be caught easily, so Pentheus would be fooled into thinking he was weak. Pentheus tried torturing Dionysus but to no avail, in the end an earthquake occurs and a fire starts in the palace, making Pentheus weak and confused. Dionysus speaks to Pentheus and tries to get him to change his mind, but at that moment a cowherd busts into the room, panicking and stuttering out his story. 

Sir, sir I've just seen something terrible! The maddened women of Cadmus were in the forest drinking milk and honey and dancing with joy, but when they caught sight of me they were consumed by murderous intentions and chased after me, baying for my blood! I managed to escape but all my cattle were ripped to pieces! And worst of all, one of the mad women was your beloved mother, Agaue!!

Way to interrupt the story...

Anyways, Pentheus was intrigued by the cowherds story, and noticing this, Dionysus asked Pentheus if he wanted a chance to see the maenads for himself. Pentheus's curiosity gets the best of him and he agrees to accept Dionysus's offer. He dresses in a wig and long skirts and ventures into the forest, where Dionysus places him in a fir tree to watch the maenads. When he is spotted by the maenads Dionysus orders them to attack the imposter, and they rip him apart with their bare hands. When Agaue returns with the torn off head of her son she is confused and boasts about a lion she has killed. Cadmus returns her mind to normal and she weeps. Then Dionysus turns into his true form and banishes Agaue from Thebes, turning Cadmus and his wife into snakes. Thebes celebrates and worships Dionysus from then on-

Hey Mnemosyne, could you mind keeping it down?? I have a terrible *hic* headache.

By Zeus's Thunder, what are we to do with you...