In this "spooky" October episode I tell you a little about Dionysus, and then begin Euripides' Bacchae, one of the most visceral and violent plays of Greek tragedy.CW/TW: A general mythology warning: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.Sponsors! Truman's: for 50% off your Truman’s Starter Kit visit trumans.com and enter promo code MYTHSBABY at checkout. Everlywell: for 15% off an Everlywell at-home lab test, visit everlywell.com/mythsbaby and enter the code MYTHSBABY.Care/Of: for 25% off your first Care/Of order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter MYTHSBABY.Sources: *ahem* Euripides' Bakkhai by Anne Carson, Bacchae and Other Plays translated by James Morwood, Bacchae, translated by Emily Wilson, from the The Greek Plays edited by Mary Lefkowitz and James Romm, and Greek Myths by Robert Graves.Theme music taken from is "Xenobiological Forest" by Komiku from It's Time for Adventure, is licensed via Creative Commons and is Public Domain. Other music clips are from by Lee Rosevere: “More On That Later”, ”Not Alone", "How I Used to See the Stars", "Night Caves", "The Nightmare", and/or "What's Behind the Door" from Music for Podcasts. All are copyright of the artist and licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; music from the artist found here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices