Project Gutenberg 2005-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 220 Euripides -406 Ευριπίδης Eurípides Murray, Gilbert 1866 1957 Murray, George Gilbert Aimé Murray, George Gilbert Aime Hippolytus; The Bacchae Reading ease score: 91.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Ted Garvin, Charles Bidwell, the Online Distributed Proofreading Team and David Widger "Hippolytus; The Bacchae" by Euripides is a pair of Greek tragedies that were likely written in the 5th century BC. The plays delve into themes of desire, revenge, honor, and the conflict between human passion and divine influence, centering around the tragic fates of their main characters, Hippolytus, Phaedra, and Dionysus. In "Hippolytus," the titular character is caught in a web of divine vengeance due to his disdain for love and women, while "The Bacchae" explores the destructive power of unchecked desire and the consequences of defying the gods. At the start of "Hippolytus," we are introduced to the grotesque dynamics of love and revenge led by the goddess Aphrodite, who seeks vengeance against Hippolytus for neglecting her in favor of Artemis. Aphrodite's machinations lead Phaedra, Theseus’s wife and Hippolytus’s stepmother, to fall tragically in love with him. As the narrative unfolds, Phaedra’s anguish and the dire consequences of her forbidden desire take center stage, ultimately leading to destructive outcomes for all involved. Meanwhile, "The Bacchae" opens with Dionysus returning to Thebes to assert his divinity and contest the denial of his mother’s legacy, setting the stage for the chaos that ensues as he challenges Pentheus and the societal norms of Thebes. These opening portions establish a tone of impending tragedy and explore the complexities of divine and human relationships, raising questions about morality, fate, and the nature of love. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Euripides -- Translations into English Mythology, Greek -- Drama PA Text Classical Antiquity Harvard Classics Browsing: Literature 201698 203114 2024-10-04T07:13:26.510322 2023-10-04T07:02:47.646964 text/html text/html 203329 2023-10-11T12:26:13 text/html 142978 2024-10-04T07:13:33.745290 application/epub+zip 149172 2024-10-04T07:13:28.338306 application/epub+zip 149173 2024-10-04T07:13:27.168345 application/epub+zip 276133 2024-10-04T07:13:36.144320 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290685 2024-10-04T07:13:32.932295 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 247193 2022-09-04T10:17:16.899628 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193398 193438 2024-10-04T07:13:26.133336 2023-10-04T07:02:47.375979 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 193212 2023-10-11T12:28:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18926 2024-10-04T07:13:36.271261 application/rdf+xml 13878 2024-10-04T07:13:27.720319 image/jpeg 3934 2024-10-04T07:13:27.444321 image/jpeg 140476 2024-10-04T07:13:26.529339 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia el.wikipedia en.wikipedia