Bacchae

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Bacchae is an ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides that dramatizes the arrival of the god Dionysus in Thebes and the devastating consequences of resisting his cult.

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instanceOf ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ
play ⓘ
work by Euripides ⓘ
approximateDate c. 405 BCE ⓘ
associatedDeity Dionysus ⓘ
author Euripides ⓘ
centralTheme conflict between rationality and irrationality ⓘ
divine vengeance ⓘ
ecstasy and madness ⓘ
punishment of impiety ⓘ
religious worship ⓘ
resistance to divine power ⓘ
containsMotif cross-dressing and disguise ⓘ
divine epiphany ⓘ
possession by a god ⓘ
sparagmos (ritual dismemberment) ⓘ
dedicatedTo Dionysian cult ⓘ
depictsEvent Agave killing Pentheus ⓘ
Dionysian rites on Mount Cithaeron ⓘ
destruction of Pentheus ⓘ
depictsMyth arrival of Dionysus in Thebes ⓘ
featuresCharacter Agave ⓘ
Cadmus ⓘ
Dionysus ⓘ
Pentheus ⓘ
Tiresias ⓘ
chorus of Bacchae ⓘ
firstPerformanceContext City Dionysia festival ⓘ
linked to: Dionysia
firstPerformanceLocation Athens ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Bacchae of Euripides (Wole Soyinka adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: Bacchae

operatic adaptations ⓘ
various modern stage productions ⓘ
hasMetricalForm iambic trimeter (dialogue) ⓘ
lyric meters (choral odes) ⓘ
influenced European drama ⓘ
Roman tragedy ⓘ
modern adaptations of Greek myth ⓘ
literaryForm verse drama ⓘ
literaryTradition Attic tragedy ⓘ
mythologicalTradition Greek mythology ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Greek ⓘ
partOf Euripides’ late plays ⓘ
settingLocation Thebes ⓘ
studiedIn classical studies ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ
theatre studies ⓘ
survivingStatus extant complete play ⓘ
timeOfComposition late 5th century BCE ⓘ
titleInGreek Βάκχαι ⓘ

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Dionysus → associatedWith → Bacchae ⓘ
Semele → mentionedIn → Euripides' Bacchae ⓘ
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Euripides → notableWork → The Bacchae ⓘ
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Bacchae → hasAdaptation → The Bacchae of Euripides (Wole Soyinka adaptation) ⓘ
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Maenads → alsoKnownAs → Bacchae ⓘ
Maenads → appearsInWork → EuripidesTheBacchae ⓘ
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Tiresias → appearsInWork → Euripides’ The Bacchae ⓘ
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Bacchants → alsoCalled → Bacchae ⓘ
subject linked to: bacchants
Σεμέλη → appearsIn → Βακχαι του Ευριπίδη ⓘ
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Pentheus → appearsIn → The Bacchae ⓘ
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Mount Cithaeron → associatedWithMyth → Pentheus and the Bacchae ⓘ
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Βάκχαι → titleInEnglish → The Bacchae ⓘ
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Βάκχαι → featuresChorusOf → Bacchants ⓘ
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Bassarids → alsoKnownAs → Bacchae ⓘ
The Bacchae → featuresGroup → Bacchae ⓘ
subject linked to: Euripides' play "The Bacchae"
The Bacchae → hasChorus → Bacchae from Asia Minor ⓘ
subject linked to: Euripides' play "The Bacchae"
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Κάδμος → appearsInWork → Ευριπίδης Βάκχες ⓘ
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Euripidean corpus → includesWork → The Bacchae ⓘ
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Sir Peter Hall → directed → The Bacchae (stage production) ⓘ
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David Greig → adaptedWork → The Bacchae ⓘ
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The Disorderly Women: A Play → basedOn → The Bacchae ⓘ
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Klaus-Michael Grüber → notableWork → Die Bakchen (The Bacchae) ⓘ
linked to: Bacchae