Iphigenia in Tauris vs The Bacchae, and other plays: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Bacchantes, Pentheus, Rhesus, Orestes, Dionysus, Iphigenia
Iphigenia in Tauris
This is the translation of the Euripides play about the princess Iphigeneia who narrowly avoided death by sacrifice at the hands of her father, Agamemnon. She was saved by the goddess Artemis, to whom the sacrifice was…
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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.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Iphigenia in Tauris | The Bacchae, and other plays | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (2168) | 4.1 (6915) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (2) | — |
Reception
| Iphigenia in Tauris | The Bacchae, and other plays | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2168 | 6915 |
| Editions | 63 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 1939 | — |
| Reading it now | 18 | — |
| Written reviews | 202 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 3071 | — |
| Pages | 186 | 234 |