Bacchae

E89983
ancient Greek tragedy play work by Euripides

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.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Euripides' Bacchae 1
EuripidesTheBacchae 1
The Bacchae 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
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 Dionysia ⓘ
surface form: City Dionysia festival
firstPerformanceLocation Athens ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation Bacchae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Bacchae of Euripides (Wole Soyinka adaptation)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Maenads → alsoKnownAs → Bacchae ⓘ
Maenads → appearsInWork → Bacchae ⓘ
this entity surface form: EuripidesTheBacchae
Dionysus → associatedWith → Bacchae ⓘ
Bacchae → hasAdaptation → Bacchae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bacchae of Euripides (Wole Soyinka adaptation)
Semele → mentionedIn → Bacchae ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euripides' Bacchae
Euripides → notableWork → Bacchae ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bacchae