Books like Bacchae by Euripides

Name: Bacchae
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Euripides

In Bacchae, 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.

First publish date: 1821

Genre: Drama & Plays/Tragedy

Authors: Euripides

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