The Bacchae of Euripides

The Bacchae of Euripides
ISBN-10
0803251947
ISBN-13
9780803251946
Series
The Bacchae of Euripides
Category
Drama
Pages
142
Language
English
Published
1968-01-01
Publisher
U of Nebraska Press
Author
Euripides

Description

This new translation of The Bacchae—that strange blend of Aeschylean grandeur and Euripidean finesse—is an attempt to reproduce for the American stage the play as it most probably was when new and unmutilated in 406 B.C. The achievement of this aim involves a restoration of the "great lacuna" at the climax and the discovery of several primary stage effects very likely intended by Euripides. These effects and controversial questions of the composition and stylistics are discussed in the notes and the accompanying essay.

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