This is an English translation of Euripides' tragedy The Bacchae based on the mythological story of King Pentheus of Thebes. Focus Classical Library provides close translations with notes and essays to provide access to understanding Greek culture.
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English translation with introductory material, notes, glossary and essay by Stephen Esposito. Also available: an extensive online companion to the Bacchae, with additional notes and resources.
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Stephen Esposito is Associate Professor of Classics at Boston University where, in 2009/10, he won Frank and Lynne Wisneski Award for Teaching Excellence. He has previously translated Euripides’ "Bacchae" and edited "Euripides: Medea, Hippolytus, Heracles, Bacchae", both for Focus Publishing. He is also the founding editor of the new Oxford Greek and Latin College Commentaries, the first volume of which will be his grammatical commentary (with running vocabulary) on Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannos.
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Semele (Dionysus' mother) and the smouldering ruins of her house (7-12). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bacchic revelry, cult group, messenger speech, female devotees Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Theban Bacchae, Asia Minor, Christus Patiens, Enter Pentheus, Oedipus the King, Pentheus Good New!
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Semele (Dionysus' mother) and the smouldering ruins of her house (7-12). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bacchic revelry, cult group, messenger speech, female devotees Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Theban Bacchae, Asia Minor, Christus Patiens, Enter Pentheus, Oedipus the King, Pentheus Good New!
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