(from the article `Dionysus`) ...(Bacchanalia) quickly won converts among women. Men, however, met them with hostility. In Thrace Dionysus was opposed by Lycurgus, who ended up ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/40
Theban king, tragic hero of the Bacchae who is sent by Dionysus to spy on the Bacchantes and once discovered is torn to pieces. Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/10135