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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Dionysus punishes the Thebans for not honoring him by turning the women into Bacchae who then kill the only grandson of Cadmus. ( )How many insane people can you count? It was written around the time that the empire was falling to the Hordes, and some have said that the actions of the play are representative of the empire's last days. Great play. (Though that partly depends on your translation.) Interesting to see the interplay between the god present and the mortals around him. Interesting to analyze with a focus on madness and Freudian psycho-analyzation. I realize it's the nature of the source material, but I hate the fragmentary/piecemeal ending. no reviews | add a review
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