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Euripides’ electrifying tragedies: escape, emotion, family, and war.

Bacchae and Other Plays

Bacchae : Iphigenia at Aulis : Rhesus

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    288 pages

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    11 June 2008

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Summary

Iphigenia among the Taurians Bacchae Iphigenia at Aulis Rhesus

The four plays newly translated in this volume are among Euripides’ most exciting works. Iphigenia among the Taurians is a story of escape and contrasting Greek and barbarian civilization, set on the Black Sea at the edge of the known world. Bacchae, a profound exploration of the human psyche, deals with the appalling consequences of resistance to Dionysus, god of wine and unfettered emotion. This tragedy…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199540525
ISBN-10:0199540527
Author:Euripides, James Morwood, Edith Hall
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:11 June 2008
Weight:210g
Dimensions:18mm x 128mm x 195mm
Series:Oxford World's Classics
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Bacchae and Other Plays by Euripides - ISBN: 9780199540525
128 × 195 mm
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About The Author

Euripides

Euripides, the youngest of the three great Athenian playwrights, is thought to have written about ninety-two plays, of which seventeen tragedies and one satyr-play have survived.

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