AboldnewtranslationofEuripides’shockinglymodernclassicwork,fromForwardPrize-winningpoet,RobinRobertson,withanewintroductionbybestsellingandaward-winningwriter,criticandtranslatorDanielMendelsohn.ThebeshasbeenrockedbythearrivalofDionysus,thegodofwineandecstasy.Drawnbythegod’spower,thewomenofthecityhaverushedtoworshiphimonthemountain,drinkinganddancingwithfrenziedabandon.Pentheus,thekingofThebes,isfurious,denouncingthisso-called“god“asacharlatanandaninsurgent.Butnomortalcandenyagod,muchlessoneaspowerfulandseductiveasDionysus,whowillexactaterriblerevengeonPentheus,drawingthekingtohisowntragicdestruction.Thisstunningtranslationbyaward-winningpoetRobinRobertsonreinvigoratesEuripides’masterpiece.Updatingitforcontemporaryreaders,hebringstheancientversetofervid,brutallife,revealingaworkofartasdevastatingandrelevanttodayasitwasinthefifthcentury,BC.
