The Bacchae and Other PlaysThe volume that completes our new four book collection of Euripides plays. Through their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters, and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked and stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Phoenician Women portrays the rival sons of King Oedipus and their mother's doomed attempts at reconciliation, while Orestes shows a son ravaged with guilt after the vengeful murder of his