The bacchae Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

My revision notes contain over 100 pages of all of the information required to achieve an A* in the Greek Theatre component of your OCR A-level Classical Civilisation exam. The optional play choices are 'Bacchae,' 'Oedipus the King,' and 'Frogs.' My notes include a link to accompanying flashcards, as well as notes based on the textbook, memorable quotes from each of the plays, modern scholarship for each play, and even essay plans to help you achieve everything you need to know! Your pur...

A Revision Guide for Euripides' The Bacchae, made for the OCR Classical Civilisation Greek Theatre (H408/21) module but likely applicable across exam boards. Includes theme-by-theme quotes, analysis and many secondary sources to help you achieve the top grades. 13 pages of quotable, in-depth analysis and scholarly sources.

OCR 2023 Classical Civilisation H008/21: Greek theatre AS Level Question Paper & Mark Scheme (Merged) 3 Source B Sophocles’ Oedipus the King 408–431 4 Explain why Tiresias mentions that he serves Apollo (line 4). Make two points. [2] 5 Give the names of Oedipus’ mother and father (line 14). [2] 6 What is Cithaeron (line 20)? [1] 7 Give the name of one of Oedipus’ children (line 25). [1] 8 Explain how successfully Sophocles makes the scene in Source B an exciting piece of...

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How long has winemaking been part of human cultures? - ️️Tomb Paintings, ancient egypt: 15th/20th century BCE In ancient Greco-Roman culture, what were Symposia and Bacchae? - ️️two forms of social drinking Symposia: Drinking in private home Purpose: for witty conversation Wine with water/diluted Bacchae: religious festival for the God Dionysus outside city amid nature Purpose: Inspiration and religious ecstasy Wine undiluted In the Roman Empire, how was wine transported ...

CLA Final Exam with 100% correct answers 2024 The major festival where tragic plays were presented in Athens was dedicated to which god? - answerDionysus 2. What is the space in the theater called where the chorus would sing and dance their stasima? - answerorchestra 3. What is the only surviving tragic tetraology? - answeraeschylus aga 4. Which character in the Bacchae provides the prologue? - answerdionysus 5. In what time period did Euripides live and write his plays? - answerClassica...

Camus - Algerian author who wrote The Stranger, "The Rebel," and The Plague. Chaucer - Author who wrote The Book of the Duchess, Canterbury Tales, and House of Fame. Paradise Lost - Name this epic poem by John Milton that ends with with the first humans being exiled from the Garden of Eden. Milton - This author was an English poet who wrote Paradise Lost and Areopagitica. Faulkner - This American author wrote about a woman's murder in "A Rose for Emily." Name this man who wrote ...

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Reasonable worship of the gods The play shows that the reasonable and rational worship of the gods will lead to favourable fate for mortals. Do not worship one god above the others as it will always end badly (as shown by the Maenads) but equally do not exclude one god from worship as this will also end badly (as shown by Pentheus). Through Thebes' problems with divine worship, Euripides is subtly praising Athens and their success in divine worship. They worship equally and reasonably. (they h...