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Euripides: Bacchae
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Published 2024
Description
Euripides' Bacchae is one of the most widely read and performed Greek tragedies. A story of implacable divine vengeance, it skilfully transforms earlier currents of literature and myth, and its formative influence on modern ideas of Greek tragedy and religion is unparalleled. This up-to-date edition offers a detailed literary and cultural analysis. The wide-ranging Introduction discusses such issues as the psychological and anthropological aspects of Dionysiac ritual, the god's ability to blur gender boundaries, his particular connection to dramatic role-playing,…
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Key features
- Gives students access to one of the most renowned and complex Greek tragedies in the original language
- The Commentary provides clear guidance on language, metre, style and dramatic technique to enable students of Greek at all levels to read the play with confidence
- Includes a thorough Introduction in order to help students understand the play's religious and social context and recent developments in scholarship on it
About the book
- Series Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
- Subjects Classical Literature,Classical Studies
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 01 February 2024
- ISBN: 9781108844550
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 01 February 2024
- ISBN: 9781108948388
- Availability: Available
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