pickAdmittedly, I don‘t feel like I read the best translation of the play, (it was the free one on Kindle Unlimited). Still, in studying the comparison between Dionysus and Orestes for the book I‘m writing, (in which I maintain that Orestes is supposed to be one of the reincarnations of Dionysus), this was super important. If read alongside Euripides‘ “Oresteia”, it‘s easy to spot how it‘s like “The Bacchae”, but inverted. Euripides knew 😉
"If you have an opinion, and that opinion is weak, do not consider it wisdom."
- Tiresias to Pentheus
These are a likely pairing: Euripides' "Bacchae", centring upon the god Dionysus, and the Dead Can Dance album, "Dionysus", the first act of which has a movement called "Dance of the Bacchantes". Read-Listen-DrinkTea!
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pickOverall I think this tragedy is really interesting, specially if you like Greek Mythology. It also has a few good quotes that are not bound to time. (Considered it was written around 450BC that‘s pretty awesome)
Because I had to read this for a class I could identify the elements of a tragedy and even though I knew it was, the ending didn‘t seem too predictable to me.
📖Started: March 19
📕Finished: March 20
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“Wise things to the ignorant will sound like nonsense.” (Euripides 61)
I have to read this one for uni and from the 2 texts they already made me read I didn‘t think I would enjoy this one but I think it‘s proving me wrong. 🤷🏻♀️
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“Who would pursue great things if doing so meant losing what is already his?” (Euripides 58)
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pickA great, surprisingly modern play. Greek gods seem like aliens: powerful but not infallible and having unclear (possibly malignant) intentions. Also the story written 400 BC about a son of a God born to a human mom who comes to town punishing nonbelievers may have inspired, let's say "later works."
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