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Crazed Women (The Bakkhai)
Euripides
Eating of the Gods
by Jan Kott
Synopsis
In "The Eating of the Gods "the distinguished Polish critic Jan Kott reexamines Greek tragedy from the modern perspective.
As in his earlier acclaimed "Shakespeare Our Contemporary, "Kott provides startling insights and intuitive leaps which link our world to that of the ancient Greeks.
The title refers to the "Bacchae "of Euripides, that tragedy of lust, revenge, murder, and "the joy of eating raw flesh" which Kott finds paradigmatic in its violence and bloodshed.
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Eating of the Gods is a play written by Jan Kott and published by Samuel French .
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