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Bacchae

Euripides author E R Dodds editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:13th Mar '86

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Using to the full the last half century's great accessions to the comparative study of religion, [Dodds] has given a coherent and convincing reconstruction of the Dionysiac background--and, indeed, foreground--of the play, illustrating it with many instructive non-Greek and modern parallels.... Equally instructive and stimulating is the acute analysis of the play's dramatic elements, its characters, scenes, conflicts, actions, speeches.... This edition far surpasses its predecessors in vitality, sympathy, and scope.--W.B. Stanford, Hermathena LXV. Including a comprehensive discussion of the play's background and an incisive assessment of its dramatic structure, this edition makes an outstanding contribution to Euripides scholarship.

This text is one of the finest commentaries on any Greek play, and is also priced to be usable. Thank you! * Linda Clader, Carleton College *

ISBN: 9780198721253

Dimensions: 187mm x 124mm x 17mm

Weight: 310g

314 pages

2nd Revised edition