Bacchae

Euripides

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

  1. Ah! What do I see? What is this that I carry in my hands?
Kadmos
  1. Look at it and learn more clearly.
Agave
  1. I see the greatest grief, wretched that I am.
Kadmos
  1. Does it seem to you to be like a lion?
Agave
  1. No, but I, wretched, hold the head of Pentheus.