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    El grupo de mujeres de Tebas: caza e imaginería animal en Las Bacantes de Eurípides
    (2016-02-09) Breviatti Alvarez, Jara
    The aim of this paper is to study the hunting metaphor and the animal imagery related to the Theban women in Euripides' Bacchae. For this purpose, the specific characteristics of these women's hunting are analyzed and an interpretation for the animal similes attributed to them is offered. In this regard, it is evidenced that the bestial qualities of the Theban women, the type of hunting that they perform and their relationship with snakes is common in the representation of female hunting demons. This leads to the conclusion that in the Euripidean representation of this myth, the women from Thebes take the shape of a dreadful divine weapon sent by Dionysus.