Euripides' play "The Bacchae"

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ancient Greek tragedy play work by Euripides

Euripides' play "The Bacchae" is an ancient Greek tragedy that dramatizes the arrival of the god Dionysus in Thebes and the catastrophic consequences of resisting his ecstatic, Bacchic worship.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Euripides' Bacchae 3
EuripidesTheBacchae 1
Euripides’ Bacchae 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ
play ⓘ
work by Euripides ⓘ
adaptedAs film ⓘ
modern stage adaptations ⓘ
opera ⓘ
author Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ
awarded first prize at the City Dionysia ⓘ
centralTheme conflict between rational order and ecstatic religion ⓘ
divine vengeance ⓘ
identity and disguise ⓘ
limits of human authority ⓘ
madness and possession ⓘ
containsScene Agave's recognition of Pentheus' head ⓘ
Pentheus spying on the Bacchae ⓘ
dateOfFirstPerformance 405 BC ⓘ
depictsEvent Agave killing Pentheus in a Bacchic frenzy ⓘ
arrival of Dionysus in Thebes ⓘ
punishment of Pentheus ⓘ
featuresCharacter Agave NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cadmus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dionysus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pentheus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tiresias NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresGroup Bacchae NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maenads NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformedAt City Dionysia in Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasChorus Bacchae from Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Roman tragedy ⓘ
modern theatre ⓘ
psychoanalytic interpretations of myth ⓘ
literaryPeriod Classical Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
moralQuestion consequences of denying a god his due honor ⓘ
motif disguise of a god as a mortal ⓘ
omophagia ⓘ
sparagmos ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
philosophicalReception discussed in theories of the Apollonian and Dionysian ⓘ
interpreted by Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
religiousContext Dionysian cult ⓘ
settingPlace Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure episodes ⓘ
exodos ⓘ
parodos ⓘ
prologue ⓘ
stasima ⓘ
survivalStatus extant complete play by Euripides ⓘ
writtenDuring Euripides' stay in Macedonia ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

bacchants → depictedIn → Euripides' play "The Bacchae" ⓘ
subject surface form: Bacchants
Agave → appearsInWork → Euripides' play "The Bacchae" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euripides' Bacchae
Thyone → appearsIn → Euripides' play "The Bacchae" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euripides’ Bacchae (as Semele, later deified)
Mount Cithaeron → appearsInWork → Euripides' play "The Bacchae" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euripides' Bacchae
Kithairon → mentionedIn → Euripides' play "The Bacchae" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euripides' Bacchae
Nysa → mentionedIn → Euripides' play "The Bacchae" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euripides’ Bacchae
Bassarids → depictedInWork → Euripides' play "The Bacchae" ⓘ
this entity surface form: EuripidesTheBacchae