The Bacchae
Dionysus, the god
by Euripides
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In Bacchae, one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre, Euripides tells the story of king Pentheus' resistance to the worship of Dionysus and his horrific punishment by the god: dismemberment at the hands of Theban women. Iphigenia at Aulis recounts the sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter to Artemis, the price exacted by the goddess for favorable sailing winds. Rhesus dramatizes a pivotal incident in the Trojan War. Although this play was transmitted from antiquity under Euripides' name it probably is not by him; but does give a sample of what tragedy was like after the great fifth-century playwrights. -- JACKET.
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Bacchantes, Criticism and interpretation, Dionysus (Greek deity), Drama, Greek drama, Greek drama (Tragedy), Hecuba (Legendary character), Helen of Troy (Greek mythology), History and criticism, Ion (Greek mythology), Iphigenia (Greek mythology), Pentheus (Greek mythology), Rhesus (Legendary character), Translations into English, Translations into Welsh, Trojan War, Dramatic production, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Dramatic production., Greek drama, history and criticism, Euripides, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Drama (dramatic works by one author), Classical philology, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Greek drama, translations into english, Textual Criticism, Dionysus, Pentheus, Bacchantes--drama, Pa3975.b2 k5 1979, Greek drama (tragedy)--translations into english, Mythology, greek, Mythology, greek--drama, Pa3975 .a2 1994, 882/.01, Dionysus (greek deity)--drama, Pentheus (greek mythology)--drama, Pa3975.b2 w66 1998, Language and linguisticsPeople
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Bacchae: Iphigenia at Aulis ; Rhesus
2002, Harvard University Press
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Bacchae.: Translated into English rhyming verse with explanatory notes by Gilbert Murray.
1906, G. Allen
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Bacchai.: Bacchae. In usum studiosae juventutis recensuit et illustravit Petrus Elmsley. Ed. auctior indicibusque instructa.
1822, Sumptibus C.H.F. Hartmanni
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