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The Bacchae
Euripides
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Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Prologue and Parodos
Scene I & Choral Interlude I
Scene II & Interlude II
Scene III & Interlude III
Scene IV & Interlude IV
Scene V & Interlude V
Conclusion & Coda
Characters
Character List
Dionysus
Pentheus
The Messengers
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotes Explained
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
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Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Character Analysis
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
Prologue and Parodos
Scene 1 & Choral Interlude 1
Scene 2 & Interlude 2
Scene 3 & Interlude 3
Scene 4 & Interlude 4
Scene 5 & Interlude 5
Conclusion & Coda
Study Questions
Suggestions for Further Reading
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How to Write Literary Analysis
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Scene 1 & Choral Interlude 1 Quiz
Further Study
Scene 1 & Choral Interlude 1 Quiz
1
of 5
Where are Cadmus and Tiresias going to worship Dionysus?
Mt. Kyllini
Mt. Cithaeron
Mt. Parnassus
Mt. Helicon
2
of 5
What feeling fills the two old men as they begin their journey up the mountain?
Bitter cynicism
Pleasant nostalgia
Youthful glee
Pious determination
3
of 5
Pentheus considers the Bacchic rites as an excuse to ___.
Get drunk
Waste money
Avoid work
Show fake devotion
4
of 5
Which minor deity does the chorus call upon to witness Pentheus's sacrilegious insolence against Dionysus?
Chaos
Aether
Nemesis
Holiness
5
of 5
Where does the chorus talk lovingly of going to perform their rites in peace?
Troy
Rome
Crete
Cypress
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