About this title: This translation is intended primarily for classroom use. It is aimed first of all at being clear and true to the basic meaning of the text. After that Paul Woodruff has tried to bring across some of the beauty of poetry given the chorus as well as the rhetorical power and cleverness of the dialogue and speeches. The translation of this play ...
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780451620583ISBN:0451620585
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Glued binding. 85 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780451620583ISBN:0451620585
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Glued binding. 85 p. read more
Description: Good. 0130552852 Copyright 1970 / ex-library book with marking, stamps and card pocket / minor wear to library plastic covered dust jacket and hard cover / good clean pages / good condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780486295800ISBN:048629580X
Description: Fine. No DJ Issued. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 64 p. Dover Thrift Editions. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass market pb
Publisher: New American Library, New York
Date Published: c1982
ISBN-13:9780451620583ISBN:0451620585
Description: Good. No dust jacket, as issued. Some wear to cover. Previous owner's name inside front cover. Unknown printing. [English, Greek]. (pbk. ): xxv, 85 p. ; 19 cm. "A Mentor book. ". read more
"I actually really enjoyed this. I read it on a recommendation from a professor after reading Thomas Mann's Death in Venice. It made Death in Venice more clear to me. Warning: Half of the text (in my version) was filled with footnotes. At times they were elucidating, but alternating between the two proved confusing,and frankly, sometimes I don't really want to know the translator's opinion. I'd rather form my own. This definitely sparked some interest in Greek tragedy for me."
"Initially, it seems that the Bacchae is the tale of a sadistic, power-hungry god, and one human's doomed attempt to rescue a city from the god's chaos. However, it is much more complex than merely a weak "good guy" being pitted against an undefeatable villain. It is a story about the dangers of living a life that is imbalanced and only superficially moral. The main character and his family meet a horrible end, but it can be seen as an end that they created for themselves through their own pride, hypocrisy, and deceit."
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