Euripides' The Bacchae
By
Sirish Rao, Gita Golf, Indrapramit Roy
Contributor
Retold by Sirish Rao and Gita Golf; illustrated by Indrapramit Roy.
Periodical
0
Serial
13770
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Description
Unpaged, (approx 24 pages)
ISBN / ISSN No.
0892367652
Subject
1. Bacchantes -- Fiction; 2. Dionysus -- (Greek deity) -- Fiction; 3. Pentheus, -- King of Thebes (Mythological character) -- Fiction.
Summay
This contemporary retelling of Euripides' The Bacchae-the last extant Greek tragedy-relates the classic myth of the god Dionysus wrecking vengeance on Thebes, the city of his birth and site of his mortal mother Semele's horrible death. Dionysus brings an
Keyword
Fiction
DDC Classification No.
823.914
Accession No.
13770
Shelving location
36
Category
Story and fiction