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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancientnut, post: 2337430, member: 73212&quot;]Thank you, John for the great article from Coins Weekly. I study the Greek tragedies and since the article does not mention the stunning depiction of Dionysos in Euripides&#039; play The Bacchae, first staged c 408-406 BC, I will recommend it to those interested in this unique Greek god.</p><p><br /></p><p>A quote from William Arrowsmith&#039;s introduction to his translation of the play:</p><p><br /></p><p>“. . . <i>The Bacchae</i>. . . is. . . a masterpiece; a play which, for dramatic turbulence and comprehensiveness and the sheer power of its poetry, is unmatched by any except the very greatest among ancient and modern tragedies.&nbsp; You have to go to the <i>Oedipus Tyrannus</i> or the <i>Agamemnon</i> or <i>Lear </i>to find anything quite like it in range and power, and even then it remains, of course, unique. . . Elusive, complex and compelling, the play constantly recedes before one&#039;s grasp, advancing, not retreating, steadily into deeper chaos and larger order, coming to rest only god knows where - which is to say, where it matters.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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