Pentheus, ĕi and ĕos, m., = Πενθεύς,
I son of Echion and Agave , grandson of Cadmus , and king of Thebes; having treated with contempt the rites of Bacchus , he was torn in pieces by his mother and her sisters when under the influence of the god , Ov. M. 3, 514; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 24; 3 (4), 22, 33; Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 40; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 73; id. C. 2, 19, 14.—Hence,
A Penthēĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pentheus , Penthean : mater, Sid. Carm. 22, 94.—
B Penthēus , a, um, adj., = Πενθεῖος, of or belonging to Pentheus , Penthean , Stat. Th. 2, 575.—
C Penthīdes , ae, m., = Πενθείδης, a male descendant of Pentheus , Ov. Ib. 449 and 609.