Bacchae vs The Bacchae, and other plays: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Ion, Bacchantes, Pentheus, Rhesus, Helen of Troy, Dionysus
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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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Bacchae, and other plays has the widest readership — 6915 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Bacchae | The Bacchae, and other plays | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.1 (6915) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Google Books | 5.0 (2) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (10) | — |
Reception
| Bacchae | The Bacchae, and other plays | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 10 | 6915 |
| Editions | 127 | 10 |
| Citations | 3 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 13252 | — |
| Pages | 234 | 234 |