~ AGAUE  or
~ AGAVE  id+ | A CAUSE OF TOXIC VIOLENT INSANITY |
         or in popular term see> PULQUE
  hx> A HABIT and FORM OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE
      renamed by EDUCATED PEOPLE seeking to
  REPLACE the POPULAR or VULGAR or NATIVE TERM
  PULQUE used to denote a
  POTENT INTOXICATING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE   sug> BOOZE
  biol> bot AGAVE is from the order
        AMARYLLIDACEAE or
  AGAVE AMERICANA also known as
  " CENTURY PLANT "
  med> IN MEXICO PULQUE IS A POPULAR
       STRONG ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
  KNOWN  TO " DRIVE PEOPLE MAD "
  hx>  SOME RELIGIOUS GROUPS CLAIM THE LEGAL RIGHT
       TO USE AGAVE  as part of
  inSPIRational RITES which call for
  the INVOCATION of SPIRits
  myth> AGAVE or AGAUE WAS ONE OF FOUR DAUGHTERS BY
        KADMOS & HARMONIA or
  CADMUS & HERMIONE or HARMONIA
  AGAVE MARRIED ECHION
  ONE OF THE FIVE SURVIVING SPARTAE
  AGAVE HAD A SON PENTHEUS
  WHO SUCCEEDED POLYDOROS AS SOVEREIGN OF THEBES
  AGAUE WAS QUITE SKEPTICAL AND
  DID NOT BELIEVE THE LEGEND CLAIMING THAT
  DIONYSOS WAS THE SON OF ZEUS
  WHEN DIONYSOS RETURNED FROM INDIA
  SHE BECAME AN ENTHUSIAST OF HIS WORSHIP WHICH
  LED HER TO ENGAGE IN EXTRAVAGANT RITES
  INCLUDING MOST LIKELY
  THE USE OF HALLUCINOGENIC AGENTS
  PENTHEUS TRIED TO DISCOURAGE HIS MOTHER
  FROM SUCH EXCESSES BUT
  AGAUE FELL UNDER THE DELUSION THAT
  PENTHEUS WAS A LION AND SHE KILLED HIM
  WHEN SHE RECOVERED HER SENSES
  SHE REALIZED HER CRIMINAL BARBARITY
  art> there is A ROMAN REPRESENTATION OF PENTHEUS
       BEING TORN TO PIECES BY HIS OWN MOTHER AGAVE
  BEING ASSISTED BY OTHER MAENADS IN A FRESCO
  IN POMPEY or POMPEI POMPEII POMPEYA