The Bacchae (Solo Version)
Euripides
Read by Tony Addison
Euripides' Bacchae tells of Dionysus, the God, come to the city of Thebes, there to drive mad those who refuse participation in his ecstatic rites, sing and dance on the mountainside and worship him as God. A family tale as well as a sacrificial rite, in it Dionysus drives his own aunts mad and lures his cousin, Pentheus, cross-dressed as a woman, to a humiliating death at his own mother's hands. An extraordinarily beautiful, utterly terrifying tale. (Summary by Tony Addison) (2 hr 14 min)
Chapters
Chapter One | 56:56 | Read by Tony Addison |
Chapter Two | 1:06:44 | Read by Tony Addison |
Note on the Bacchae | 11:02 | Read by Tony Addison |
Reviews
Robotic
Dave
If you like Daleks, this is the read for you.