Gentle, Jealous God

Simon Perris is Senior Lecturer in Classics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has published numerous articles on Greek tragedy and classical reception.

• AcknowledgementsNote on Abbreviations, Texts and TranslationsPermissionsIntroduction 1. Reading Bacchae, Reading Dionysus 2. Rated R: Adaptation, Violence, Revolution 3. Dionysus, Lord and Saviour: Gilbert Murray, The Bacchae of Euripides (1902) 4. Nothing to Do with Modernism? H.D., ‘Choros Translations from The Bacchae’ (1931) 5. Dionysus in Ireland: Derek Mahon, The Bacchae: after Euripides (1991) 6. East and West: Colin Teevan, Euripides: Bacchai (2002) 7. These Go to Eleven: David Greig, Euripides: The Bacchae (2007) 8. Epilogue: Robin Robertson, Euripides: Bacchae (2014) & Anne Carson, Euripides: Bakkhai (2015) Conclusions Appendix: Translations of Euripides' Bacchae translated in English, 1781 - 2015Glossary of Terms and Greek words NotesReferences Index of Passages of Bacchae Cited or DiscussedSubject Index

This book compellingly proves Perris's emphatic conclusion that "Translation matters" … This book is of value to students and teachers alike, particularly its summary of approaches to translation and reception studies in the Introduction and its close readings of poetic translations.