Bakkhai:
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Main Author: Euripides ca. 485/480 v. Chr.-406 v.Chr (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2001
Series:Greek tragedy in new translations
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Item Description:Regarded by many as Euripides' masterpiece, Bakkhai is a powerful examination of religious ecstasy and the resistance to it. A call for moderation, it rejects the temptation of pure reason as well as pure sensuality, and is a staple of Greek tragedy, representing in structure and thematics an exemplary model of the classic tragic elements. Disguised as a young holy man, the god Bacchus arrives in Greece from Asia proclaiming his godhood and preaching his orgiastic religion. He expects to be embraced in Thebes, but the Theban king, Pentheus, forbids his people to worship him and tries to have h
Includes bibliographical references
Introduction; On the Translation; Bakkhai; Characters; Notes on the Text; Appendix: Reconstruction of the Fragmentary Ending; Glossary
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 150 pages)
ISBN:0195125983
0199725934
9780195125986
9780199725939

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