Additional information
by Euripides (Author), Reginald Gibbons (Translator), Charles Segal (Introduction by)
Regarded by many as Euripides' masterpiece, Bakkhai is a powerful examination of religious ecstasy and the resistance to it. A call for moderation, it rejects the temptation of pure reason as well as pure sensuality, and is a staple of Greek tragedy, representing in structure and thematics an
exemplary model of the classic tragic elements.
Pentheus mad and leads him to the mountains, where Pentheus' own mother, Agave, and the women of Thebes tear him to pieces in a Bacchic frenzy. Gibbons, a prize-winning poet, and Segal, a renowned classicist, offer a skilled new translation of this central text of Greek tragedy.
Number of Pages: 160
Dimensions: 0.39 x 7.96 x 5.18 IN
Publication Date: February 22, 2001
