Bacchae

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At the whim of Dionysos, a son is torn to pieces by his own mother during the famous women-only Bacchanalian ritual. The story of revenge by the half-man half-god on Pentheus, King of Thebes, and all his people.

This version of Euripides' Bacchae is translated and introduced by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael.

This translation is also available in the volume Greek Tragedy: Three Plays.

Set Text >> Bacchae is a set text for WJEC A/AS-Level Drama and Theatre Studies.