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Euripides Bakkhai, a new translation by Anne Carson

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Euripides Bakkhai, a new translation by Anne Carson

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eng

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non fiction

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Euripides Bakkhai

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electronic resource eBook

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a new translation by Anne Carson

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"A stunning, new translation by the poet and classicist Anne Carson, first performed in 2015 at the Almeida Theatre in London. Anne Carson writes, "Euripides was a playwright of the fifth century BC who reinvented Greek tragedy, setting it on a path that leads straight to reality TV. His plays broke all the rules, upended convention and outraged conservative critics. The Bakkhai is his most subversive play, telling the story of a man who cannot admit he would rather live in the skin of a woman, and a god who seems to combine all sexualities into a single ruinous demand for adoration. Dionysos is the god of intoxication. Once you fall under his influence, there is no telling where you will end up."--, Provided by publisher

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Bakkhai

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