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The 4 pages that link to The Bacchae, each with the reason it gives.

• Greek tragedyBroader topic: It dramatizes the peril of denying divine power and uncontrolled religious ecstasy.

• EuripidesBroader topic: The play turns religious ecstasy and resistance to the gods into catastrophic conflict.

• DionysusBroader topic: It is the most direct surviving Greek dramatic portrait of the god’s power.

• Dionysian MysteriesBroader topic: The play offers the fullest ancient dramatic portrayal of Dionysian ecstasy, not a documentary account of initiation.