Die Bakchen by Euripides
A vengeful god returns to his native city to establish his cult and avenge those who denied his divinity, driving the women of the region into ecstatic frenzy and challenging the city’s authority; a stubborn young ruler refuses to recognize the god’s power, is lured into spying on the frenzied rites, and suffers a horrific, tragic fate at the hands of the possessed women—his own mother among them—exposing themes of divine vengeance, the conflict between ecstasy and civic order, the dangers of hubris, and the devastating consequences when humans try to suppress primal forces beyond their control.
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- Nationality
- Greek
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- 40–80 pages
- Original Language
- Ancient greek
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- Alternate Titles
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- Bakkhai
- Die Bakchen
- Las Bacantes
- Les Bacchantes
- The Bacchae
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