Bacchae
Subtitle: Iphigenia at Aulis ; Rhesus
By: Euripides ; edited and translated by David Kovacs.
Contributors: Kovacs, David.; Euripides.; Euripides.
Series: Loeb classical library ;; 495
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 455
Subjects: Euripides -- Translations into English; Rhesus (Legendary character) -- Drama; Iphigenia (Greek mythology) -- Drama; Pentheus (Greek mythology) -- Drama; Dionysus (Greek deity) -- Drama; Trojan War -- Drama; Bacchantes -- Drama
Genres: Translations into English.; Drama.
Other titles: Bacchae ; Iphigenia at Aulis ; Rhesus; Rhesus. English & Greek.; Bacchae.; Iphigenia at Aulis.; Rhesus.
Description: In Bacchae, one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre, Euripides tells the story of king Pentheus' resistance to the worship of Dionysus and his horrific punishment by the god: dismemberment at the hands of Theban women. Iphigenia at Aulis recounts the sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter to Artemis, the price exacted by the goddess for favorable sailing winds. Rhesus dramatizes a pivotal incident in the Trojan War. Although this play was transmitted from antiquity under Euripides' name it probably is not by him; but does give a sample of what tragedy was like after the great fifth-century playwrights. -- JACKET.
Notes: Paralell texts in English and Greek.
Includes bibliographical references.