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  First published clothbound by New Directions in 2017

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication

  Names: Euripides, author. | Carson, Anne, 1950 – translator.

  Title: Bakkhai / a new translation by Anne Carson.

  Other titles: Bacchae. English (Carson) | Bakkhai

  Description: New York : New Directions, 2017.

  Identifiers: LCCN 2017018494 | ISBN 9780811227100 (alk. paper)

  Subjects: LCSH: Dionysus (Greek deity)—Drama. | Pentheus, King of Thebes (Mythological character)—Drama. | Bacchantes—Drama. | GSAFD: Tragedies.

  Classification: LCC PA3975.B2 C37 2017 | DDC 882/.01—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017018494882'.01—dc2

  eISBN: 9780811227117

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