Euripide's "Bacchae" @ MLK Jr. Memorial Library
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In the spirit of the season we'll be reading The Bacchae by Euripides. Prepare to join us on descent into the chaos of gods, madness, and mayhem!
Euripides (480 BCE - 406 BCE) was a well-known playwright and the author of many tragedies, the Bacchae not least among them. Which translation you read is up to you. The Bacchae and Other Plays (Penguin Classics) is a fairly well regarded translation if you are looking for a starting place! There are free translations available but beware they may be less accessible and of variable quality. If you want some additional context, these resources are completely optional and may in some cases go far beyond the scope of our usual conversation, but may be interesting to you if you want to dive a little deeper:
- Perseus Digital Library
- Greek Religion - Burkert
- Dionysiac Poetics and Euripides' Bacchae: Expanded Edition
As usual, we will meet in the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in the 205-B Accessibility Room, located on the second floor at the back of the Center for Accessibility. The library should be available to those of you coming on the red/yellow/green lines via Gallery Place and those on the blue/silver/orange lines via Federal Triangle. See you there!