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Bakkhai
By Euripides, (Translator) Reginald Gibbons, (Introduction) Charles Segal
Bakkhai
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Authors:
Euripides, (Translator) Reginald Gibbons, (Introduction) Charles Segal
Copyright:
2001
Format:
Paperback
GTIN13:
9780195125986
ISBN10:
0195125983
Page Count:
160
Dimensions:
5.18x0.39x7.96
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Strand Notes
(Greek Tragedy in New Translations Series). The play examines both the horror and the beauty of the religious ecstasy that Dionysos brings to Thebes. His offer of closeness to nature and freedom from the constraints of civilization, especially for women, excites bitter resistance as well as fanatical acceptance. Note on the Text; Appendix; Glossary. 150p.
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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 him arrested. Enraged, Bacchus drives Pentheus mad and leads him to the mountains, where Pentheus' own mother, Agave, and the women of Thebes tear him to pieces in a Bacchic frenzy. Gibbons, a prize-winning poet, and Segal, a renowned classicist, offer a skilled new translation of this central text of Greek tragedy.
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