Bacchae (Plays for Performance)

Euripides

$9.95

Publish Date: April 1, 1996

Publisher:

Ivan R. Dee Publisher

ISBN:

9781566630672

Pages:

Language:

English

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Description

Euripides' powerful investigation of religious ecstasy and the resistance to it is an argument for moderation, rejecting the lures of pure reason as well as pure sensuality. Plays for Performance Series.

About the Author

The Plays for Performance series is edited by Nicholas Rudall, former artistic director of the Court Theatre at the University of Chicago where he is professor of classics, and Bernard Sahlins, founder and director of the Second City. They both live in Chicago, Illinois.