Bacchae
About this book
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.
Subjects
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- bacchae
- bacchae (euripides)
- bacchantes
- bacchantes--drama
- british and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)
- classical philology
- continental european drama (dramatic works by one author)
- criticism and interpretation
- dionysus
- dionysus (greek deity)
- dionysus (greek deity)--drama
- drama
- drama (dramatic works by one author)
- dramatic production
- euripides
- greek drama
- greek drama, history and criticism
- greek drama (satyr play)
- greek drama (tragedy)
- greek drama (tragedy)--translations into english
- greek drama, translations into english
- greek mythology
- hecuba (legendary character)
- helen of troy (greek mythology)
- history and criticism
- ion (greek mythology)
- iphigenia (greek mythology)
- language and linguistics
- mythology, greek
- mythology, greek--drama
- mythology, greek, in literature
- pa3975 .a2 1994
- pa3975.b2 k5 1979
- pa3975.b2 w66 1998
- pentheus
- pentheus (greek mythology)
- pentheus (greek mythology)--drama
- rhesus (legendary character)
- shakespeare, william, 1564-1616 -- criticism and interpretation.
- shakespeare, william, 1564-1616 -- dramatic production.
- textual criticism
- tragedy
- translations into english
- translations into italian
- translations into welsh
- trojan war