Bakkhai /
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 e...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Ancient Greek |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001
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| Series: | Greek tragedy in new translations.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 150 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780199725939 0199725934 0195125983 9780195125986 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
