Bacchae
Euripides
Euripides. The Tragedies of Euripides. Vol. I. Buckley, Theodore Alois, translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850.
- Seeing me just as I saw him, he gave me sacred rites.
- What appearance do your rites have?
- They can not be told to mortals uninitiated in Bacchic revelry.
- And do they have any profit to those who sacrifice?
- It is not lawful for you to hear, but they are worth knowing.