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Play | Euripides's The Bacchae: Going Mad in Thebes

Thursday, June 29, 2023, 8:00 pm

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Consider to be Euripides' magnum opus, The Bacchae is play about wisdom. Euripides uses Dionysus, not only the god of wine and revelry or the god in whose honor the dramatic festivals are held annually but, by extension, the god of the human subconscious, transporting us to where Dionysus was born, in Thebes, where the action of the play is set. Thebes is now ruled by his cousin, Pentheus, who opposes Dionysus' cult. There, he sees the sacred tomb of his mother, Semele, daughter of Cadmus, the founder of Thebes. Despite his success in the East where his cult has been accepted, the Greeks, who are nonbelievers, are taught a lesson, as Dionysus has cast his spirit upon the Thebans, represented by the Chorus, driving them mad, having them run out of their homes in ecstatic frenzy and calling to others to join them.

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