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Autonoe is a daughter of Cadmus who, with her sisters, denies the godhood of Dionysus. In punishment she is driven into ecstatic madness upon the mountain as a Maenad. There she joins the frenzied rite that tears her nephew Pentheus apart.
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Orpheus and Eurydice
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- Who is Autonoe?
- Autonoe is a daughter of Cadmus who, with her sisters, denies the godhood of Dionysus. In punishment she is driven into ecstatic madness upon the mountain as a Maenad. There she joins the frenzied rite that tears her nephew Pentheus apart.
- Which mythology does Autonoe belong to?
- Autonoe belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Autonoe appear in?
- Autonoe appears in Orpheus and Eurydice, Dionysus, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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