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Bakkhai
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A stunning, new translation by the poet and classicist Anne Carson, first performed in 2015 at the Almeida Theatre in London
Anne Carson writes, “Euripides was a playwright of the fifth century BC who reinvented Greek tragedy, setting it on a path that leads straight to reality TV. His plays broke all the rules, upended convention and outraged conservative critics. The Bakkhai is his most subversive play, telling the story of a man who cannot admit he would rather live in the skin of a woman, and a god who seems to combine all sexualities into a single ruinous demand for adoration. Dionysos is the god of intoxication. Once you fall under his influence, there is no telling where you will end up.”Download the free Fable app
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“𝑻𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏.
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This is my first reading this Greek Play about Dionysus and
after reading this, Dionysus has become one of my top Greek Deity.
I noticed that the translation seemed to be very modern in read but readability wise. It was very engaging and humorous that I really did enjoy it. I also remembered I have another of this author's translated works on my kindle for a while now before this, so I'm thinking of getting on with it later
Anyway, this is why mortals should learn humility. Even if you're Kings or the highest of them all Emperors, your station does not matter to a divine being, and insulting them will only destroy you.
I really like how this was some kind of ' an eye for an eye ' punishment as how the citizen of Thebes started the slander against Semele and comes the divine punishment of Dionysus by enchanting the women in the ' nation '– most especially the main device to Pentheus' downfall– who's a rigid ruler who sought to control this ' cult ' or stop this phenomenon he deemed ' mad '.
Adding more to this, his further insult and refusal to acknowledge the obvious ' divine forces ' being flashed out infront of him but that didn't stop him only sped up and cementing his ' rightful punishment '. All I can say is that he must be really dumb and blind.
And of course, Pentheus has shown to be quite a hypocrite in some sense as he finds himself curious about what this ' ritual ' or ' cult ' is and our Glorious Dionysus didn't hesitate to latch his sharp teeth on this vulnerability and with only a little nudge, he signed his death certificate at the hands of the women (he so fear of losing control of ) as Dionysus' proxy.
To end this, Hail Dionysus ✋🏽. 5⭐️.”
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