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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964022403321

Autore

Euripides

Titolo

Bakkhai / / Euripides ; translated by Reginald Gibbons ; with introduction and notes by Charles Segal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-770433-6

0-19-988081-6

1-280-83096-4

0-19-972593-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 150 p

Collana

The Greek tragedy in new translations

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

882/.01

Soggetti

Pentheus (Greek mythology)

Dionysus (Greek deity)

Bacchantes

Greek drama (Tragedy) - Translations into English

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from the Greek

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- On the Translation -- Bakkhai -- Characters -- Notes on the Text -- Appendix: Reconstruction of the Fragmentary Ending -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Euripides' Bakkhai is a staple of the canon of Greek tragedy, as its structure and thematics offer exemplary models of the classic tragic elements. The plot centres around the actions of Pentheus, King of Thebes, who refused to recognise Dionysus.