Bacchae vs Frogs: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Dionysus, Greek drama, Drama
Bacchae
In Bacchae, one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre, Euripides tells the story of king Pentheus' resistance to the worship of Dionysus and his horrific punishment by the god: dismemberment at the hands of…
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Frogs
“The scene shows the house of HERACLES in the background.”
Among extant Greek comedies, the Frogs is unique for the light it throws on classical Greek attitudes to tragedy and to literature in general. It merits a much more extensive commentary than it has so far received, for…
The verdict
- Readers rate Bacchae highest: Bacchae 4.0 · Frogs 3.8.
- Frogs is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 4 for Bacchae.
- Frogs has the widest readership — 9699 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Bacchae | Frogs | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.8 (9699) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 4.5 (2) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (10) | 3.5 (17) |
Reception
| Bacchae | Frogs | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 10 | 9699 |
| Editions | 127 | 110 |
| Citations | 3 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 6136 |
| Reading it now | — | 143 |
| Written reviews | — | 680 |
| Wikipedia attention | 13252 | 41381 |
| Pages | 234 | 114 |