The Bacchae of Euripides

WILLIAMS,C K

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Author
WILLIAMS,C K
Publish Date
02/01/1990
Subtitle
A New Version
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
144
Publisher Name
MPS
ISBN-10
0374522065
ISBN-13
9780374522063
citemno
144159
Edition
7/24/90
SKU
9780374522063

Description

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet C.K. Williams presents this fluent and accessible version of the Athenian playwright Euripides's great tragedy.

Based on the Greek myth of the god Dionysus's punishment of King Pentheus and his mother Agave, Williams' The Bacchae of Euripides is a unique interpretation of one of the most celebrated plays in the history of dramatic theater.

With an Introduction by Martha Nussbaum, award-winning author of The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy