Bacchae

Euripides

Euripides. The Tragedies of Euripides. Vol. I. Buckley, Theodore Alois, translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850.

  1. banishing customs that are outside of justice. Let manifest justice go forth, let it go with sword in hand, slaying through the throat
  2. this godless, lawless, unjust, earth-born offspring of Echion.
Chorus
  1. Appear as a bull or many-headed serpent or raging lion to see.
  2. Go, Bacchus, with smiling face throw a deadly noose around the hunter of the Bacchae as he falls beneath the flock of Maenads.
Second Messenger
  1. Oh house once fortunate in Hellas,