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Bacchae is produced as a completed public play of a mother tearing a son

Dated 1 January 405: Bacchae is produced as a completed public play of a mother tearing a son. In the causal graph this event strengthens Political Polarization, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

Read the full account

Late play as later English. Religious-violence theatre is a polarisation path. Euripides did not operate this later page as a civil-registry autograph.

Context

Shared institutions, unnamed crews, and later editors remain in the record and do not erase a documented heading.

Euripides Shared work with other named actors remains in the record.

Euripides’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Conventional c.480–406 BCE.

Why it matters

Late play as later English.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Euripides

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.32 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactBacchae is produced as a completed public play of a mother tearing a son
    2. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
    3. weakensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 1 January 405 · verified

    Late play as later English. Religious-violence theatre is a polarisation path.

    • Having a say in government

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — EuripidesEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Perseus — Euripides, BacchaePerseus Digital Library / Tufts · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Euripides did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorEuripides
  2. contributed toFactBacchae is produced as a completed public play of a mother tearing a son
  3. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
  4. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

Cite this page

Factrail. (2026). Bacchae is produced as a completed public play of a mother tearing a son. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/eur-bacchae-sparagmos

https://factrail.ai/facts/eur-bacchae-sparagmos

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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