Euripides: Bakkhai Paperback / softback
by Euripides
Part of the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series
Paperback / softback
Description
Euripides' Bakkhai is the staple of the canon of Greek tragedy and is required or strongly recommended reading for most undergraduate Classics majors.
It also surfaces quite often in non-classics courses focusing on tragedy because its structure and thematics offer exemplary models of the classic tragic elements.
The plot of Bakkhai centers around the actions of Pentheus, King of Thebes, who refused to recognise the god Dionysus or permit Thebans to worship him.
In revenge, Dionysus drove Pentheus mad, made him cross-dress as a maenad, sent him to worship the god he had spurned, and made his mother, Agave, mistake him for a wild beast and rip him to shreds.
Gibbons, a prize-winning poet, and Segal, a renowned classicist, are both leaders in their professions and are well-suited to take on this central text of Greek tragedy.
This edition includes an introduction, a new translation, notes on the text, and a glossary.
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:01/02/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195125986
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:01/02/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195125986
