Project Gutenberg 2005-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 459 Euripides -406 Ευριπίδης Eurípides Murray, Gilbert 1866 1957 Murray, George Gilbert Aimé Murray, George Gilbert Aime Hippolytus; The Bacchae Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bacchae 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.) Reading ease score: 91.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Euripides -- Translations into English Mythology, Greek -- Drama PA Text Classical Antiquity Harvard Classics Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: Classics of Literature 201833 2025-08-04T05:51:31.351338 text/html 203329 2023-10-11T12:26:13 text/html 143049 2025-08-04T05:51:37.970329 application/epub+zip 149161 2025-08-04T05:51:32.986356 application/epub+zip 149162 2025-08-04T05:51:31.935341 application/epub+zip 276111 2025-08-04T05:51:40.253343 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290685 2025-08-04T05:51:37.325339 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 247193 2022-09-04T10:17:16.899628 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193398 2025-08-04T05:51:31.044373 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 193212 2023-10-11T12:28:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18605 2025-08-04T05:51:40.397294 application/rdf+xml 13878 2025-08-04T05:51:32.434334 image/jpeg 3934 2025-08-04T05:51:32.182331 image/jpeg 140517 2025-08-04T05:51:31.368401 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia el.wikipedia