The Bacchae
（重定向自Bacchae）
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![Ramona Reeves and Lynn Odell in director Brad Mays' stage production of Euripides' The Bacchae, 1997, Los Angeles.](/Images/godic/202412/22/Thebacchae19973352.jpg")
![Mia Perovetz plays Dionysos in the MacMillan Films staging of The Bacchea as part of their Greek Drama educational series](/Images/godic/202412/22/Dionysos_Summons_the_Bacchae_in_MacMillan_Films_Staging3352.jpg")
The Bacchae (/ˈbækiː/; Greek: Βάκχαι, Bakchai; also known as The Bacchantes /ˈbækənts, bəˈkænts, -ˈkɑːnts/) is an ancient Greek tragedy, written by the Athenian playwright Euripides during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon. It premiered posthumously at the Theatre of Dionysus in 405 BC as part of a tetralogy that also included Iphigeneia at Aulis and Alcmaeon in Corinth, and which Euripides' son or nephew probably directed. It won first prize in the City Dionysia festival competition.