Bakkhai / Euripides ; translated by Reginald Gibbons ; with introduction and notes by Charles Segal.

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Euripides

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Greek tragedy in new translationsPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 150 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780199725939
0199725934
0195125983
9780195125986

Uniform titles:

Bacchae. English (Gibbons)

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Bakkhai.DDC classification:

882/.01 22

LOC classification:

PA3975.B2 G53 2001eb

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Contents:

Introduction; On the Translation; Bakkhai; Characters; Notes on the Text; Appendix: Reconstruction of the Fragmentary Ending; Glossary.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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Introduction; On the Translation; Bakkhai; Characters; Notes on the Text; Appendix: Reconstruction of the Fragmentary Ending; Glossary.

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