In the play, The Bacchae, Euripides uses sensual imagery. In the herdsman's tale, he accentuates the bloodiness of the women's violence by contrasting their destruction of the herds of cattle and the villagers' homes with the earlier scene of beautiful women reveling in the countryside and calling forth water, milk, honey and wine from the rocks and soil. The scene is voyeuristic, tantalizing the audience with sensuous imagery.
The Bacchae