Bacchae (Pentheus)

Year: 
between 435 and 405 BC
Scripts: 
Genres: 
Tragedy
Medium of performance: 
Fully Staged Play
Languages: 
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
People involved: 
(Dramatist)
Venues and occasions: 
Production notes: 
It is not known when this play was produced. The date range here takes as its parameters the date of Iophon's first victory in the Dionysia (acc. to IG II² 2318) and the mention of him in Aristophanes' Frogs 71f (which suggests that he was still active at least until 405 BC).

How to cite this ancient performance

Bacchae (Pentheus), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/ancient-performance/performance/331 <29 March 2024>