Question
In an adaptation of a play by this author, an object is nailed to a palace archway and spews blood that transforms into wine. In another play by this author, a woman obtains a promise of protection by offering a king drugs to cure his infertility. Wole Soyinka (“SHO-yin-kuh”) added a chorus of slaves to his adaptation of a play by this author in which Agave kills her son Pentheus. In a play by this author, children bring a poisoned robe and coronet to Glauce (“GLAW-see”), which kills her. That play by this author ends with the title character appearing in a chariot with the bodies of her children, whom she murdered to get revenge on her lover Jason. For 10 points, name this Ancient Greek tragedian of The Bacchae and Medea. ■END■
ANSWER: Euripides
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