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1	Bacchae more books like this by Euripides add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Three Plays of Euripides: Alcestis, Medea, the Bacchae more books like this by Euripides add to wishlist see all copies from $3.13! new only from $14.82! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Dionysus : myth and cult more books like this by Walter Friedrich Otto add to wishlist "This study of Dionysus ...is also a new theogony of Early Greece." - "Publishers Weekly". "An original analysis ...of the spiritual significance of the Greek myth and cult of Dionysus". - "Theology Digest". Who is Dionysus? The god of ecstasy and terror, of wildness and of the most blessed deliverance, and the mad god whose appearance sends ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $20.64! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Bacchae of Euripides: A Communion Rite more books like this by Wole Soyinka add to wishlist A wholly fresh interpretation of the timeless play by a Nobel Prize-winning author. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.77! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Bakkhai: Euripides more books like this by Peter Burian (Editor), Alan Shapiro (Editor), Reginald Gibbons (Translator) add to wishlist Euripides' "Bakkhai" is the staple of the canon of Greek tragedy, as its structure and thematics offer exemplary models of the classic tragic elements. The plot of "Bakkhai" centres around the actions of Pentheus, King of Thebes, who refused to recognize the god Dionysus or permit Thebans to worship him. In revenge, Dionysus drove Pentheus mad, ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $13.29! \| SVS
6	Euripides Bacchae more books like this by Euripides, Dr. David Franklin (Commentaries by), John Harrison (Preface by) add to wishlist Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, which include suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous practical questions stimulate ideas on staging and encourage ... see all copies from $4.34! new only from $4.34! \| SVS
7	Dionysus in Literature: Essays on Literary Madness more books like this by Branimir Rieger (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $9.90! new only from $31.08!
8	Pagan Grace more books like this by Ginette Paris, Joanna Mott (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $8.50! new only from $12.57! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Bakkhai more books like this by Euripides, Robert E. Meagher add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.96! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Dionysus Writes: The Invention of Theatre in Ancient Greece more books like this by Jennifer Wise add to wishlist What is the nature of theatre's uneasy alliance with literature? Theatre historian and drama theorist Jennifer Wise believes that a comparison of the performance style of oral epic with that of drama as it emerged in 6th-century Greece shows the extent to which theatre was influenced by literate activities relatively new to the ancient world. see all copies from $3.25! new only from $3.25! \| first editions
11	Dionysos Slain more books like this by Marcel Detienne add to wishlist see all copies from $24.00! first editions
12	Dionysos more books like this by Richard Seaford add to wishlist Covering a wide range of issues, which have been overlooked in the past, including mystery, cult and philosophy, Richard Seaford explores Dionysos - one of the most studied figures of the ancient Greek gods. Popularly known as the god of wine and frenzied abandon, and an influential figure for theatre where drama originated as part of the cult of ... see all copies from $19.21! new only from $24.78! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Gods of Love and Ecstasy: The Traditions of Shiva and Dionysus more books like this by Alain Danielou, Alain Daniilou add to wishlist Danielou examines the earliest traditions of the Hindu and Greek gods of magical power, ecstatic sexuality, and transcendence. see all copies from $7.31! new only from $9.73! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Those Women more books like this by Ian Craib, Nor Hall add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.00! \| first editions
15 view cover	Dionysiac Poetics & Euripides' Bacchae more books like this by Professor Charles Segal add to wishlist In his play Bacchae, Euripides chooses as his central figure the god who crosses the boundaries among god, man, and beast, between reality and imagination, and between art and madness. In so doing, he explores what in tragedy is able to reach beyond the social, ritual, and historical context from which tragedy itself rises. Charles Segal's reading ... see all copies from $17.90! new only from $63.87!
16 view cover	Euripides' the Bacchae more books like this by Sirish Rao (Retold by), Dr. Gita Wolf (Retold by), Euripides add to wishlist This contemporary retelling of Euripides' The Bacchae - the last extant Greek tragedy - relates the classic myth of the god Dionysus wrecking vengeance on Thebes, the city of his birth and site of his mortal mother Semele's horrible death. Dionysus brings an army of women into the mountains surrounding the city and casts a spell over the city's ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $11.09! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Invention of Dionysus more books like this by James I Porter add to wishlist This text argues that "The Birth of Tragedy", Nietzsche's first book, does not mark a rupture with his prior philosophical undertakings but is, in fact, continuous with them and with his later writings as well. These continuities are displayed above all in the entanglement of his surface narratives, in the self-consuming artifice of his writing, ... see all copies from $17.67! new only from $17.67!
18 view cover	Dreaming in Red: Reading the Women's Dionysian more books like this by Nor Hall, Linda Fierz-David add to wishlist Originally published as two separate titles, this new edition combines Nor Halls study of the lives of Jungian women analysts with Linda Fierz-Davids classic psychological analysis on the mystery chamber in Roman Pompeii and its frescos depicting an initiation ceremony for women. see all copies from $18.09! new only from $18.09! \| SVS
19 view cover	Dionysus more books like this by Russell Roberts add to wishlist - Full-color laminated covers - Side-sewn, reinforced library binding - Full Color photos throughout - Timeline - Chronology - Further Reading - Works Consulted - Index see all copies from $9.40! new only from $27.20! \| SVS
20 view cover	Why Dolphins Call: A Story of Dionysus more books like this by Scott Simons, Jamie Simons, Deborah Winograd (Illustrator) add to wishlist Kidnapped by pirates, young Dionysus turns his cold-hearted captors into friendly dolphins. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Dionysism and Comedy more books like this by Xavier Riu add to wishlist This book investigates the idea of comic seriousness in Old Comedy. The issue has been a vexing one in classical studies, and the most traditional stance has been that Aristophanes' comedies reflect his personal ideology, reducing the plays to little more than political speeches. Riu concludes, in contrast, that we should abandon our ... see all copies from $29.36! new only from $45.94! \| SVS
22	The Flutes of Dionysus: Daemonic Enthrallment in Literature more books like this by Robert D Stock add to wishlist see all copies from $10.30! new only from $39.91! \| first editions
23	The Spirit of Spring: A Tale of the Greek God Dionysos more books like this by Penelope Proddow add to wishlist Recounts the adventures of Dionysos on earth before he went to live on Mount Olympus with the other Greek gods. see all copies from $6.33! signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Reciprocity and Ritual: Homer and Tragedy in the Developing City-State more books like this by Richard Seaford add to wishlist This is an exciting and entirely new synthesis, combining anthropology, political and social history, and the close reading of central Greek texts, to account for two the most significant hallmarks in Homeric epic and Athenian tragedy: the representation of ritual and codes of reciprocity. Both genres are pervaded by these features, yet each ... see all copies from $67.32! new only from $67.32! \| SVS
25 view cover	Euripides, VI, Bacchae. Iphigenia at Aulis. Rhesus more books like this by Euripides, Professor David Kovacs (Translator) add to wishlist One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. This volume completes the new six-volume Loeb Classical Library edition of his plays. In "Bacchae", a masterpiece of tragic drama, Euripides tells the story of king Pentheus' resistance to the worship ... see all copies from $23.49! new only from $23.49! \| SVS

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