" This city must learn its lesson, however reluctantly, that it lacks the blessing of my rites."
(Bacchae, line 39-40)
Dionysus is the God of wine, his "power" is make people do what they would not dare to do if they were normal. Alcohol inhibits the senses therefore the way people respond to thing under the influence of alcohol is different. This spell people are in when dealing with alcohol usually cause chaos, that its not usually thought of it as a good thing. In Thebes the feeling of rejection toward chaos is the same.
Dionysus wants to bring Chaos into their lives, but I do not feel like this is a bad thing, is just like he stated "This city must learn its lesson", I feel although control and order is needed, there has to be a balance between order and chaos. I feel as he wants to show the other extreme in order to have a balance between the two.
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