{"product_id":"the-bacchae-euripides-9780226851105","title":"The Bacchae","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stand-alone edition of Euripides's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bacchae \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003etaken from Chicago's renowned translations of the Greek tragedies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDionysus, son of Zeus, has journeyed to the land of his birth expecting to be received as a god. After being rejected by his kin, he turns to the women of Thebes, driving them into a delirious frenzy. Dressed in animal skins and crowned with leaves, they roam wild in the hills as the king tries to restore order--with horrifying results.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the final years of Euripides's life and first staged posthumously, \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e is presented here in William Arrowsmith's energetic translation, drawn from the authoritative third edition of the University of Chicago Press's Complete Greek Tragedies series. An introduction by Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most provides essential information about \u003ci\u003eThe Bacchae\u003c\/i\u003e's first production, plot, and reception in antiquity, and an appendix presents Arrowsmith's hypothetical reconstruction of fifty lines missing from the denouement of the play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Euripides\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226851109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226851105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Euripides","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997505237247,"sku":"9780226851105","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bacchae-euripides-9780226851105","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}