Overview
Character Name
First Messenger (Herald)
Show
Gender
Male
Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult
Featured
Non Dancer
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
Thebes, Ancient Greece, palace
Analysis
The Herald is a herdsman from Thebes. He comes to the palace after observing the Bacchae on Mount Cithaeron, and his account is the first in-depth look at what the “madwomen” are doing. Originally, the Bacchae were sleeping, but when one of the herdsman’s bulls snorted, the
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