14 must-read classics books like The Bacchae by Euripides, Kenneth McLeish

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The Bacchae

By: Euripides , Kenneth McLeish , None

3.92

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Euripides' classic drama about the often mortifying consequences of the unbridled--and frequently h…

"Cleverness is not wisdom."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"He who believes needs no explanation."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!"

-Euripides, The Bacchae

If you liked the classics plot in The Bacchae by Euripides, Kenneth McLeish, None , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Women of Trachis

By: C.K. Williams , Sophocles , Gregory W. Dickerson

3.84

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Mutability; uncertainty; a universe of precipitous these themes are at the heart of Sophocles' tra… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • tragedy
  • literature
  • theatre
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
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2. Lysistrata

By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden

3.87

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more

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  • classics
  • school
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  • plays
"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

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3. Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)

By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas , Elizabeth Osborne

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"...what man wins more happiness than just its shape and the ruin when that shape collapses?" Sopho… read more

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  • classics
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  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
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4. The Bacchae

By: Euripides , Kenneth McLeish , None

3.92

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Euripides' classic drama about the often mortifying consequences of the unbridled--and frequently h… read more

Similar categories in Euripides's The Bacchae book and Euripides's The Bacchae

  • poetry
  • classics
  • school
  • tragedy
  • literature
  • theatre
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
"Cleverness is not wisdom."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"He who believes needs no explanation."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."

-Euripides, The Bacchae

"Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!"

-Euripides, The Bacchae

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5. Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

By: Sophocles , John Harrison , Shomit Dutta

3.92

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Written in the fifth century B.C., Sophocles' tragedy concerns the shame and death of Ajax, a Greek… read more

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  • poetry
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  • literature
  • theatre
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
"If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate."

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

"To look on self-wrought woes, when no other has had a hand in them- this lays sharp pangs to the soul."

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

"Which would you choose if you could: pleasure for yourself despite your friends or a share in their grief?"

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

"AGAMEMNÔN. Il n’est pas facile à un roi d’être pieux. ODYSSEUS. Mais les rois peuvent obéir aux amis qui les conseillent bien."

-Sophocles, Ajax (Translations from Greek Drama)

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6. Philoctetes

By: Sophocles

3.89

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Philoctetes is a play written by Sophocles, an ancient Greek playwright, that tells the story of Ph… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
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  • literature
  • theatre
  • ancient
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  • plays
  • mythology
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7. The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

By: Robert Fagles , Aeschylus , William Bedell Stanford

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Alternate covers of this ISBN here, here, here, here. Most recent cover is here. In the Oresteia… read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • school
  • literature
  • theatre
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
"I cannot not grieve."

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

"Learning comes through pain."

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

"Do I not live? Badly, I know, but I live."

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

"Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain"

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

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8. Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

By: Aeschylus , Alan H. Sommerstein

3.85

Format: 320 pages, cloth

Sommerstein presents a freshly constituted text, with introduction and commentary, of Eumenides, th… read more

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  • poetry
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  • theatre
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  • plays
  • mythology
"My heart's a dance of fear."

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

"Quando dorme la mente scintilla di mille occhi"

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

"Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community."

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

"ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Onc…"

-Aeschylus, Eumenides (Oresteia, #3)

9. Electra

By: Sophocles , J. Michael Walton , None

4.33

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Drama Classic edition of Sophocles' version of the Electra myth. read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • literature
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
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10. Frogs

By: Aristophanes , Arthur Sidgwick

3.58

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The Frogs (Ancient Greek: Batrakhoi, Batrachoi) is a comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristop… read more

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  • mythology
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11. Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)

By: Sophocles , Eamon Grennan , Rachel Kitzinger

3.53

Format: 39 pages, Paperback

The latest title to join the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations series, Sophocles' Oedipus… read more

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  • classics
  • tragedy
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
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12. The Libation Bearers (Oresteia, #2)

By: Aeschylus

3.80

Format: 43 pages, None

Produced in 458 BC, Aeschylus' Choephori is the second play in the Oresteian trilogy. Many years af… read more

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  • tragedy
  • literature
  • theatre
  • ancient
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  • plays
  • mythology
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13. Wasps

By: Aristophanes , Douglas M. MacDowell

4.13

Format: None pages, Paperback

Wasps was first performed at the festival of the Lenaia early in 422 B.C. It is arguably one of Ari… read more

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14. Prometheus Bound

By: Aeschylus , None , James Scully , C. John Herington

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Featuring an insightful introduction, comprehensive commentary on plot, characters, structure, and … read more

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  • poetry
  • classics
  • literature
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
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15. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None

3.83

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more

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  • poetry
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  • literature
  • ancient
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
"Every medicine is vain."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"A curse burns bright on crime."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"There is no avoidance in delay."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

"In war, the first casualty is truth."

-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)

16. Clouds

By: Aristophanes , None

3.37

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

This new paperback edition of Aristophanes' popular play includes the complete Greek text and exten… read more

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17. Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)

By: Sophocles , J.E. Thomas

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The curse placed on Oedipus lingers and haunts a younger generation in this new and brilliant trans… read more

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18. The Aeneid

By: Virgil , Robert Fitzgerald

4.50

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

The Aeneid (play /@'ni:Id/; Latin: Aeneis [aj'ne:is]--the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aen… read more

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19. Thesmophoriazusae

By: Aristophanes , S. Douglas Olson

3.93

Format: 152 pages, hardback

Thesmophoriazusae was performed in Athens in 411 BCE, most likely at the City Dionysia, and is amon… read more

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20. The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)

By: Aeschylus

3.73

Format: 41 pages, Paperback

Third play of a trilogy (the other two are lost) about the doomed family of Laius and Oedipus and h… read more

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  • mythology
"His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best."

-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)

"Obedience is mother to success and is wedded to safety."

-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)

"But you cannot speak of any glory for happenings that are at once evil and held in dishonor."

-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)

"Commander against commander, brother against brother, enemy against enemy, I will take my stand. Quick, bring my greaves to protect against spears and stones!"

-Aeschylus, The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions)

21. Birds

By: Aristophanes , None

2.56

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Birds is generally recognized as one of Aristophanes' masterpieces, for its imaginative plot (it is… read more

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16 Top fiction books like The Bacchae by Euripides, Kenneth McLeish

Transform Your Habits

Women of Trachis

C.K. Williams , Sophocles , Gregory W. Dickerson

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Lysistrata

Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)

Sophocles , J.E. Thomas , Elizabeth Osborne

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Bacchae

Euripides , Kenneth McLeish , None

3.92

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Hippolytos

Euripides , Robert Bagg

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Herakles

Euripides , Christian Wolff , Thomas Sleigh

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Ion

Euripides

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Electra

Euripides , Janet Lempke

2.86

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