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Euripides, Bacchae, 481-508
Πενθεύς
ἦλθες δὲ πρῶτα δεῦρ᾽ ἄγων τὸν δαίμονα;
Διόνυσος
πᾶς ἀναχορεύει βαρβάρων τάδ᾽ ὄργια.
Πενθεύς
φρονοῦσι γὰρ κάκιον Ἑλλήνων πολύ.
Διόνυσος
τάδ᾽ εὖ γε μᾶλλον: οἱ νόμοι δὲ διάφοροι.
Πενθεύς
τὰ δ᾽ ἱερὰ νύκτωρ ἢ μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν τελεῖς; [485]
Διόνυσος
νύκτωρ τὰ πολλά: σεμνότητ᾽ ἔχει σκότος.
Πενθεύς
τοῦτ᾽ ἐς γυναῖκας δόλιόν ἐστι καὶ σαθρόν.
Pentheus:
Did you come here first leading/bringing the god/spirit?
Dionysos:
Each of the barbarians celebrate these secret rites.
Pentheus:
For they are much [more] wicked in mind than the Greeks.
Dionysos:
They are exceedingly good: but the laws [are] different.
Pentheus:
Do you fulfill the sacrifices by night or by day?
Dionysos:
The greater part by night: darkness has dignity.
Pentheus:
This to women is deceitful and unsound.
Διόνυσος
κἀν ἡμέρᾳ τό γ᾽ αἰσχρὸν ἐξεύροι τις ἄν.
Πενθεύς
δίκην σε δοῦναι δεῖ σοφισμάτων κακῶν.
Διόνυσος
σὲ δ᾽ ἀμαθίας γε κἀσεβοῦντ᾽ ἐς τὸν θεόν. [490]
Πενθεύς
ὡς θρασὺς ὁ βάκχος κοὐκ ἀγύμναστος λόγων.
Διόνυσος
εἴφ᾽ ὅ τι παθεῖν δεῖ: τί με τὸ δεινὸν ἐργάσῃ;
Πενθεύς
πρῶτον μὲν ἁβρὸν βόστρυχον τεμῶ σέθεν.
Διόνυσος
ἱερὸς ὁ πλόκαμος: τῷ θεῷ δ᾽ αὐτὸν τρέφω.
Πενθεύς
ἔπειτα θύρσον τόνδε παράδος ἐκ χεροῖν. [495]
Dionysos:
And even during the day someone may invent a shameful thing.
Pentheus:
It is necessary to give you a penalty for evil tricks. You'll pay for your evil schemes.
Dionysos:
And you for ignorance and for sinning against the god.
Pentheus:
How bold the Bacchus, and not untrained in words!
Dionysos:
I said what must befall: what fearful thing will you do to me?
Pentheus:
First I'll shear your pretty hair.
Dionysos:
The braid is sacred: I grow it for the god.
Pentheus:
Next hand over the thyrsos from your hands. [495]
Διόνυσος
αὐτός μ᾽ ἀφαιροῦ: τόνδε Διονύσου φορῶ.
Πενθεύς
εἱρκταῖσί τ᾽ ἔνδον σῶμα σὸν φυλάξομεν.
Διόνυσος
λύσει μ᾽ ὁ δαίμων αὐτός, ὅταν ἐγὼ θέλω.
Πενθεύς
ὅταν γε καλέσῃς αὐτὸν ἐν βάκχαις σταθείς.
Διόνυσος
καὶ νῦν ἃ πάσχω πλησίον παρὼν ὁρᾷ. [500]
Πενθεύς
καὶ ποῦ 'στιν; οὐ γὰρ φανερὸς ὄμμασίν γ᾽ ἐμοῖς.
Διόνυσος
παρ᾽ ἐμοί: σὺ δ᾽ ἀσεβὴς αὐτὸς ὢν οὐκ εἰσορᾷς.
Πενθεύς
λάζυσθε: καταφρονεῖ με καὶ Θήβας ὅδε.
Διόνυσος
αὐδῶ με μὴ δεῖν σωφρονῶν οὐ σώφροσιν.
Πενθεύς
ἐγὼ δὲ δεῖν γε, κυριώτερος σέθεν. [505]
Dionysos:
Take it from me yourself. I carry this for Dionysos.
Pentheus:
Inside a prison we'll keep your body.
Dionysos:
The god himself will release me, when I desire.
Pentheus:
Whenever you call him, standing raving.
Dionysos:
Even now what I suffer he sees, being present nearby.
Pentheus:
And where is he? For he's not visible to my eyes.
Dionysos:
Beside me: you, being impious, don't see him.
Pentheus:
Seize him! He despises me and this here Thebes.
Dionysos:
I say not to bind me who is of sound mind, as you all are not.
Pentheus:
I'll bind you indeed, since I'm more powerful than you! [505]
Διόνυσος
οὐκ οἶσθ᾽ ὅ τι ζῇς, οὐδ᾽ ὃ δρᾷς, οὐδ᾽ ὅστις εἶ.
Πενθεύς
Πενθεύς, Ἀγαύης παῖς, πατρὸς δ᾽ Ἐχίονος.
Διόνυσος
ἐνδυστυχῆσαι τοὔνομ᾽ ἐπιτήδειος εἶ.
Dionysos:
You don't know what you stir up, nor what you do, nor who you are.
Pentheus:
Pentheus, son of Agaue, whose father was Exion.
Dionysos:
You're fit to be unlucky in your name.
ἦλθες δὲ πρῶτα δεῦρ᾽ ἄγων τὸν δαίμονα;
Διόνυσος
πᾶς ἀναχορεύει βαρβάρων τάδ᾽ ὄργια.
Πενθεύς
φρονοῦσι γὰρ κάκιον Ἑλλήνων πολύ.
Διόνυσος
τάδ᾽ εὖ γε μᾶλλον: οἱ νόμοι δὲ διάφοροι.
Πενθεύς
τὰ δ᾽ ἱερὰ νύκτωρ ἢ μεθ᾽ ἡμέραν τελεῖς; [485]
Διόνυσος
νύκτωρ τὰ πολλά: σεμνότητ᾽ ἔχει σκότος.
Πενθεύς
τοῦτ᾽ ἐς γυναῖκας δόλιόν ἐστι καὶ σαθρόν.
Pentheus:
Did you come here first leading/bringing the god/spirit?
Dionysos:
Each of the barbarians celebrate these secret rites.
Pentheus:
For they are much [more] wicked in mind than the Greeks.
Dionysos:
They are exceedingly good: but the laws [are] different.
Pentheus:
Do you fulfill the sacrifices by night or by day?
Dionysos:
The greater part by night: darkness has dignity.
Pentheus:
This to women is deceitful and unsound.
Διόνυσος
κἀν ἡμέρᾳ τό γ᾽ αἰσχρὸν ἐξεύροι τις ἄν.
Πενθεύς
δίκην σε δοῦναι δεῖ σοφισμάτων κακῶν.
Διόνυσος
σὲ δ᾽ ἀμαθίας γε κἀσεβοῦντ᾽ ἐς τὸν θεόν. [490]
Πενθεύς
ὡς θρασὺς ὁ βάκχος κοὐκ ἀγύμναστος λόγων.
Διόνυσος
εἴφ᾽ ὅ τι παθεῖν δεῖ: τί με τὸ δεινὸν ἐργάσῃ;
Πενθεύς
πρῶτον μὲν ἁβρὸν βόστρυχον τεμῶ σέθεν.
Διόνυσος
ἱερὸς ὁ πλόκαμος: τῷ θεῷ δ᾽ αὐτὸν τρέφω.
Πενθεύς
ἔπειτα θύρσον τόνδε παράδος ἐκ χεροῖν. [495]
Dionysos:
And even during the day someone may invent a shameful thing.
Pentheus:
Dionysos:
And you for ignorance and for sinning against the god.
Pentheus:
How bold the Bacchus, and not untrained in words!
Dionysos:
I said what must befall: what fearful thing will you do to me?
Pentheus:
First I'll shear your pretty hair.
Dionysos:
The braid is sacred: I grow it for the god.
Pentheus:
Next hand over the thyrsos from your hands. [495]
Διόνυσος
αὐτός μ᾽ ἀφαιροῦ: τόνδε Διονύσου φορῶ.
Πενθεύς
εἱρκταῖσί τ᾽ ἔνδον σῶμα σὸν φυλάξομεν.
Διόνυσος
λύσει μ᾽ ὁ δαίμων αὐτός, ὅταν ἐγὼ θέλω.
Πενθεύς
ὅταν γε καλέσῃς αὐτὸν ἐν βάκχαις σταθείς.
Διόνυσος
καὶ νῦν ἃ πάσχω πλησίον παρὼν ὁρᾷ. [500]
Πενθεύς
καὶ ποῦ 'στιν; οὐ γὰρ φανερὸς ὄμμασίν γ᾽ ἐμοῖς.
Διόνυσος
παρ᾽ ἐμοί: σὺ δ᾽ ἀσεβὴς αὐτὸς ὢν οὐκ εἰσορᾷς.
Πενθεύς
λάζυσθε: καταφρονεῖ με καὶ Θήβας ὅδε.
Διόνυσος
αὐδῶ με μὴ δεῖν σωφρονῶν οὐ σώφροσιν.
Πενθεύς
ἐγὼ δὲ δεῖν γε, κυριώτερος σέθεν. [505]
Dionysos:
Take it from me yourself. I carry this for Dionysos.
Pentheus:
Inside a prison we'll keep your body.
Dionysos:
The god himself will release me, when I desire.
Pentheus:
Whenever you call him, standing raving.
Dionysos:
Even now what I suffer he sees, being present nearby.
Pentheus:
And where is he? For he's not visible to my eyes.
Dionysos:
Beside me: you, being impious, don't see him.
Pentheus:
Seize him! He despises me and this here Thebes.
Dionysos:
I say not to bind me who is of sound mind, as you all are not.
Pentheus:
I'll bind you indeed, since I'm more powerful than you! [505]
Διόνυσος
οὐκ οἶσθ᾽ ὅ τι ζῇς, οὐδ᾽ ὃ δρᾷς, οὐδ᾽ ὅστις εἶ.
Πενθεύς
Πενθεύς, Ἀγαύης παῖς, πατρὸς δ᾽ Ἐχίονος.
Διόνυσος
ἐνδυστυχῆσαι τοὔνομ᾽ ἐπιτήδειος εἶ.
Dionysos:
You don't know what you stir up, nor what you do, nor who you are.
Pentheus:
Pentheus, son of Agaue, whose father was Exion.
Dionysos:
You're fit to be unlucky in your name.