Bacchae and Other Plays: Iphigenia among the Taurians; Bacchae; Iphigenia at Aulis; Rhesus (Oxford World's Classics) (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 4 stars “These plays are less well known but they warrant a place on any bookshelf.” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It Rated 2 stars “Was going to review this play by play but instead: This collection of plays contained "Iphigenia among the Taurians", "Bacchae", "Iphigenia at Aulis" and "Rhesus." After reading a collection of four other plays by Euripedes (which were EXCELLENT) I found this collection to be a thorough...” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 4 stars

  “These plays are less well known but they warrant a place on any bookshelf.”

  John A wrote this review Wednesday, July 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 2 stars

  “Was going to review this play by play but instead:
  This collection of plays contained "Iphigenia among the Taurians", "Bacchae", "Iphigenia at Aulis" and "Rhesus." After reading a collection of four other plays by Euripedes (which were EXCELLENT) I found this collection to be a thorough disappointment. The worst amongst the plays was "Iphinenia among the taurians" which was terrible, a one star play, where the drama was all wrong.
  
  "Iphigenia at Aulis" was almost as bad and the other two plays were only moderate. Bacchae seemed to be out of place among all of the other plays, the others centring before, during and after the Trojan War (which seemed to help parts of my knowledge which are unknown by me, e.g. Iphigenia's story.) Rhesus, which was probably not written by euripedes, is the only play I have read set during the Trojan War which was also another positive comment. In all in all, bad set of plays.
  
  A side note: the selection may not have been as sporadic as first thought - all of the plays seem to be showing the rites, practices and relationships between the Greek and "Barbarian" cultures. ”

  James wrote this review Sunday, August 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 3 stars

  “For a Greek tragedy, "The Bacchae" is pretty awesome. I enjoy the fact that both Pentheus and Agaue got what they deserved--Pentheus for being a jerk to Dionysus' face, and Agaue for defaming the name of her own sister, Semele, before the play begins. Bad news all around.”

  Coco wrote this review Sunday, April 27 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No