Dionysus / Bacchus in Ancient and Modern Fiction
Explore Dionysus/Bacchus in fiction—from ancient myths to modern novels. Discover top books featuring the god of wine, revelry, and transformation in literature.
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The Bakkhai
by Euripides
Regarded by many as Euripides' masterpiece, Bakkhai is a powerful examination of religious ecstasy and the resistance to it. A call for moderation, it rejects …
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid
by Ovid
Through Mandelbaum's poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature-classical myths filtered through the worldly and far from reverent sensibility of the Roman poet Ovid-is …
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Dominion
by Bentley Little
His attempts at fitting in at a new school complicated by disturbing dreams, Dion Semele befriends Penelope Daneam, an orphan who has been raised by …
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Frogs
by Aristophanes
Frogs is by common consent one of the finest achievements of Aristophanes (456 BC to 386 BC), the greatest writer of comic drama in classical …
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Dionysiaca
by Nonnus (of Panopolis.)
Nonnos of Panopolis in Egypt, who lived in the fifth century of our era, composed the last great epic poem of antiquity. The Dionysiaca, in …
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Dionysiaca
by Nonnus (of Panopolis.)
Nonnos of Panopolis in Egypt, who lived in the fifth century of our era, composed the last great epic poem of antiquity. The Dionysiaca, in …
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Dionysiaca
by Nonnus (of Panopolis.)
Nonnos of Panopolis in Egypt, who lived in the fifth century of our era, composed the last great epic poem of antiquity. The Dionysiaca, in …
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Fear the Fantastic
by Katherine Applegate
Christopher, David, April, and Jalil find themselves at the single most powerful area in Everworld--Olympus. It seems that the evil alien god, Ka Anor, plans …
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The Night Life of the Gods
by Thorne Smith
James Thorne Smith Jr. (1892-1934), was an American writer of humorous supernaturnal fantasy fiction. Best known today for his creation of Topper, Smith's comic fantasy …
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The Library of Greek Mythology
by Apollodorus
A new translation of an important text for Greek mythology used as a source book by classicists from antiquity to Robert Graves, The Library of …
