Description
| Product ID: | 9780099577386 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Bacchae |
| Authors: | Author: Euripides, Robin Robertson |
| Page Count: | 128 |
| Subjects: | Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Classical texts, Plays, playscripts, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Plays, playscripts, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Ancient Greece, Ancient (Classical) Greek |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Dionysus, god of wine and ecstasy, has come to Thebes, and the women are streaming out of the city to worship him on the mountain, drinking and dancing in wild frenzy. The king, Pentheus, denouces this so-called 'god' as a charlatan. But no mortal can deny a god and no man can ever stand against Dionysus. This stunning translation, by the acclaimed poet Robin Robertson (Forward Prize, Man Booker shortlist 2018), has reinvigorated Euripides'' devastating take of a god''s revenge for contemporary readers, bringing the ancient verse to fervid, brutal life. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-02-04 |
