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…showed last 75 words of 686 total…surrounded him enraged Pentheus. Pentheus ordered his men to imprison the entire cult. However, the ropes, once again, fell apart. This is when he realized he had fought with a god and must die for it. His mother was the first to strike him, as the others ripped him to shreds. There was a festival held for Dionysus twice a year. The Greeks believed that to miss the Festival of Dionysus was to disrespect him.