Euripides' Bacchae

By Steve Esposito, Boston University

APPENDIX SEVEN

Bibliography on Euripides' Bacchae and Greek Tragedy

(Last Updated June 18, 1998)

This bibliography, confined to scholarship in English, is divided into five sections as outlined below. Virtually all the titles are readable by the general student.

I. Athenian Tragedy

A. Ancient Greek Theater and Drama: Basic Books
B. The City or Great Dionysia (the most important Athenian dramatic festival)
C. Greek Tragedy: Introductory Articles
D. The Chorus in Greek Tragedy
E. Women in Greek Tragedy
F. Madness in Greek Tragedy

II. Euripides

A. Euripides: Introductory Articles
B. Stagecraft in Euripides
C. Euripides and Religion

III. The Bacchae

A. The Bacchae: Thematic Articles
B. The Bacchae: Psycholanalytic Articles
C. The Bacchae: Literary Critical Books
D. The Bacchae: Commentary on the Greek Text (mainly for students of Greek)

IV. Dionysus

A. Greek Religion (i = sourcebooks, ii = books, iii = articles)
B. Dionysus (i = articles, ii = books)
C. The Cults and Mysteries of Dionysus
D. Maenads
E. Dionysus, Maenads, and Satyrs in Art
F. The Bacchanalian Affair in Rome, 186 B.C. (suppression of the cult)
G. Dionysus and Nietzsche

V. Recent Modern Fiction