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The Bacchae Summary

Euripides was more than seventy years old and living in self-imposed exile in King Archelaus's court in Macedonia when he created The Bacchae, just before his death in 406 B.C. The play was produced the following year at the City Dionysia in Athens, where it was awarded the prize for best tragedy. Ever since, The Bacchae has occupied a special place among Greek dramas and particularly among the eighteen surviving plays of Euripides...

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Euripides Biographies (3)

Euripides

1,802 words, approx. 7 pages

Euripides (480-406 BC) was a Greek playwright whom Aristotle called the most tragic of the Greek poets. He is certainly the most revolutionary Greek tragedian known in modern times.Euripides was the s... Read more

Euripides

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Of the three poets of Greek tragedy whose work survives, Euripides is the one whose plays survive in the largest number (eighteen, in contrast to seven each for Aeschylus and Sophocles). His plays are... Read more

Euripides

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Biography EssayOf the three poets of Greek tragedy whose work survives, Euripides is the one whose plays survive in the largest number (eighteen in contrast to seven each for Aeschylus and Sophocles).... Read more

Essays & Analysis (3)

The Ecstasy of Reason

1,211 words, approx. 5 pages

In the Bacchae, Euripides questions the authority of god versus man and man's allegiance to the gods. Pentheus is caught in a unique struggle of maintaining authority in his own kingdom and keep... Read more

Pentheus's Death in "Bacchae" by Euripides

524 words, approx. 2 pages

"Bacchae", by Euripides, talks about Dionysus (also called Bromius, Bacchus, or Evius), son of Zeus and a mortal woman, Semele, who came back to his homeland of Thebes to show everyone that he was a r... Read more

Does Pentheus Deserve His Fate?

1,213 words, approx. 5 pages

Euripides presents an ambiguous view on Pentheus and his treatment throughout the play. The play is sprinkled with conflicting views, contrasts of character and opposition, most prominent... Read more

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