Author

Contributions

  • Williams, C. K. 1936- - Contributor

Publication

1990 - Noonday Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

21,750 words, Guess

Page Count

87 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780374522063
  • ISBN-100374522065
  • LibraryThing8265605
  • OCLC Control Number22638114
  • Better World Books9780374522063
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Classifications

  • LCCPA3975.B2 W55 1990bx

Description

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

Genres

  • Drama

Other Editions

  • The Bacchae of Euripides: a new versionNoonday Press1990-01-01
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