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The Bacchae (/ ˈ b æ k iː /; Ancient Greek: Βάκχαι, Bakkhai; also known as The Bacchantes / ˈ b æ k ə n t s, b ə ˈ k æ n t s,-ˈ k ɑː n t s /) is an ancient Greek tragedy, written by the Athenian playwright Euripides during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon.
The Bacchae is an independent film adaptation of Euripides' play The Bacchae, ... most particularly in scenes portraying ritualized pagan worship and, ultimately, the ...
Polychrates' soldiers free him and Manto and join the Bacchae, fighting against the army of Pentheus. Lacdamos defeats Pentheus in a duel and becomes the new king of Thebes; Dionysus finally ascends to god, while Dirce will lead the Bacchae.
Much like Blue Valentine, Nicolas Roeg’s 1973 classic swiftly faced controversy due to a sex scene so emotionally faithful (while also depicting a female character, Julie Christie’s Laura ...
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The British Academy Film Awards, or BAFTAs, have given audiences some great moments in recent years. There were the celebrity participants of course, James McAvoy, Camila Cabello and Colman ...
In Euripides's The Bacchae, Tiresias and Cadmus, the founder and former king of Thebes, joined the ritual festivities of Dionysus in the mountains near Thebes. Cadmus' petulant young grandson Pentheus , the current king, observed the scene, disgusted to find the two old men in festival dress, he scolded them and ordered his soldiers to arrest ...
According to a biography written by the ancient historian Plutarch, after his defeat and death at the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC, the head of Roman general and statesman Marcus Licinius Crassus was sent to the Parthian emperor Orodes II and used "as a prop, standing in for the head of" [3] Pentheus in a production of Euripides' The Bacchae.