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The Bacchae

Euripides

Form
Form Play
Year
Year 405 BCE
Originally in
Originally in Ancient Greek
Pages
Pages 55

A young king refuses to honour a new god; the god drives the city's women wild into the hills and leads the king there to be torn apart by his own mother.

There are many forms of divine things; and the Gods bring to pass many in an unexpected manner
The Bacchae, Euripides

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