The Bacchae
$20.19
- Paperback
80 pages
- Release Date
9 October 2026
Summary
A stand-alone edition of Euripides’s The Bacchae taken from Chicago’s renowned translations of the Greek tragedies.
Dionysus, son of Zeus, has journeyed to the land of his birth expecting to be received as a god. After being rejected by his kin, he turns to the women of Thebes, driving them into a delirious frenzy. Dressed in animal skins and crowned with leaves, they roam wild in the hills as the king tries to restore order—with horrifying results.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780226851105 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0226851109 |
| Author: | Euripides, William Arrowsmith, Glenn W. Most, Mark Griffith |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 9 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 454g |
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About The Author
Euripides
Euripides (c. 480-406 BCE) wrote some ninety plays, nineteen of which have survived.
William Arrowsmith (1924-92) was an American classicist, academic, and translator. Among his translations are works by Petronius, Aristophanes, and Euripides.
Glenn W. Most is a visiting member of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago and an external scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.
Mark Griffith is the Klio Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Classical Languages and Literature and professor of classics and of theater, dance, and performance studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
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