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Bacchae

Bacchae

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An ancient Greek play about the god of wine and his conflict with a king
  • proper noun
  • /ˈbæk.i/
  • Literature
translation icon : Las Bacantes
  • The Bacchae presents a compelling conflict as King Pentheus struggles to deny the power of Dionysus.
  • Bacchae by Euripides
  • Bacchae play

Examples

  • Theaters are now routinely re-enacting the human sacrifice of Euripides' THE BACCHAE.

    Blog text (21)

  • THIS IS LIKE A REALLY WEIRD PRODUCTION OF THE BACCHAE.

    Warrior of the Lost World (1983)

  • Orhan stood against the ruined stage and said something incantatory in Turkish, which he then explained to Gillian was Dionysus' first speech, his terrible, smiling, threatening speech at the beginning of The Bacchae.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • In The Bacchae, Euripides explores the tension between the divine and the mortal through the character of Dionysus.

  • During the festival, many actors performed scenes from The Bacchae, captivating the audience with its dramatic themes.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Bacchae is the title of an ancient Greek play by Euripides and takes its name from the female followers of the god Bacchus, who in Greek is Dionysus. The play shows their wild rituals and the dangerous power of their worship, so the title points to that conflict.