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The Bacchae Trivia

Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge

Euripides wrote The Bacchae while in Macedonia not Greece. (Source)

The play was premiered in Athens after Euripides's death and was directed by his sons. (Source)

Euripides saw the rise and fall of Athens as a major power during his lifetime. (Source)

The philosopher Socrates had a big effect on the ideas in Euripides's plays. (Source)