Euripides (~480-406 BC) - Ranked with Aeschylus and Sophocles as one of the
greatest Greek dramatists, he enjoyed the least success of the three. Known
even by the ancients as "the philosopher of the stage," he is admired today
for his belief in the individual and his keen insight into the human psyche.
Bacchae (409-406 BC) - Written during Euripides' last years, this tragedy
includes some of his sharpest criticisms of the fanaticism of ancient Greek
religion. It is the story of Pentheus' imprisonment of Dionysus.
