Bacchae

Author(s)

• Euripides
• Seaford, Richard

Bibliographic Information

Bacchae

Euripides ; with an introduction, translation and commentary by Richard Seaford

（Classical texts, . The plays of Euripides）

Aris & Phillips, c1996

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 259-266

Includes index

"Reprinted with corrections, 1997"--T.p. verso of 1997 printing

"Reprinted with correction 2001"--T.p. verso of later copy

Greek text, parallel English translation with English introduction and commentary

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Richard Seaford's edition of Euripides' Bacchae offers the first commentary in English on this fascinating play since that of E. R. Dodds in 1960. It takes account of the studies made on the play since it was written, as well as including discussion of recent scholarship and new research into the cult of Dionysus. Reprinted with an updated General Bibliography in 2015. [Greek text with facing-page English translation, introduction and commentary.]

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

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA29623596
• ISBN:
  • 0856686085
  • 0856686093
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: enggrc
• Place of Publication: Warminster
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 270 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 882.01
  • DC20 : 882.01
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA05150376