Euripides: Bakkhai

di Euripides (Autore)

Reginald Gibbons (Traduttore)

Charles Segal (Traduttore)

Oxford University Press Inc, 2001

Euripides' Bakkhai is the staple of the canon of Greek tragedy and is required or strongly recommended reading for most undergraduate Classics majors. It also surfaces quite often in non-classics courses focusing on tragedy because its structure and thematics offer exemplary models of the classic tragic elements. The plot of Bakkhai centers around the actions of Pentheus, King of Thebes, who refused to recognise the god Dionysus or permit Thebans to worship him. In revenge, Dionysus drove Pentheus mad, made him cross-dress as a maenad, sent him to worship the god he had spurned, and made his mother, Agave, mistake him for a wild beast and rip him to shreds. Gibbons, a prize-winning poet, and Segal, a renowned classicist, are both leaders in their professions and are well-suited to take on this central text of Greek tragedy. This edition includes an introduction, a new translation, notes on the text, and a glossary.

• Autore: Euripides
• Traduttore: Reginald Gibbons, Charles Segal
• Editore: Oxford University Press Inc
• Collana: Greek Tragedy in New Translations
• Anno: 2001
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 160 p.
• Dimensioni: 132 x 202 mm
• Peso: 181 gr.
• EAN: 9780195125986

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