Bacchae

Title

Bacchae

Creator

Euripides

Subject

Tragedy Plays
Euripides

Description

A snippet of text from Euripides' Bacchae which shows a conversation between the god Dionysus and mortal Pentheus in which Pentheus changes into a woman's clothes with the god's help.

Publisher

Perseus Digital Library

Contributor

Gilbert Murray
T. A. Buckley
Annenberg CPB/Project

Date

unknown

Type

Text

Format

Digital Text

Source

Perseus Collection

Language

Ancient Greek
English

Original Format

Digital Text

Files

Citation

Euripides, “Bacchae,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed May 4, 2026, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/3946.

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