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This book offers the first English commentary on Euripides’ play Bacchae since that of E. R. Dodds (1960). It takes account of studies made on the play since then, as well as discussing recent scholarship and new research into the cult of Dionysus. Greek text with facing translation, introduction and commentary. Bibliography updated in 2015.

Table of Contents

General Editor’s Foreword
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction to Bacchae:
I: Tradition and Structure
II: The Bacchae and the Dionysiac
III: The Bacchae and Cult
IV: The Bacchae and the Polis
V: The Transmission of the Bacchae
Manuscripts
Apparatus Criticus
Text and Translation of Bacchae
Selected Text from Christus Patiens
Commentary
General Bibliography
Selected Bibliography for Bacchae
Index

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    Publisher: Liverpool University Press
    Publication Date: 3/18/1996 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780856686092, 978-0856686092
    ISBN10: 0856686093
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    This book offers the first English commentary on Euripides’ play Bacchae since that of E. R. Dodds (1960). It takes account of studies made on the play since then, as well as discussing recent scholarship and new research into the cult of Dionysus. Greek text with facing translation, introduction and commentary. Bibliography updated in 2015.

    Table of Contents

    General Editor’s Foreword
    Preface
    Abbreviations
    Introduction to Bacchae:
    I: Tradition and Structure
    II: The Bacchae and the Dionysiac
    III: The Bacchae and Cult
    IV: The Bacchae and the Polis
    V: The Transmission of the Bacchae
    Manuscripts
    Apparatus Criticus
    Text and Translation of Bacchae
    Selected Text from Christus Patiens
    Commentary
    General Bibliography
    Selected Bibliography for Bacchae
    Index

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