Bacchae

Euripides

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

  1. You have counterfeited this well, so that I desire to hear.
Dionysus
  1. The rites are hostile to whoever practices impiety.
Pentheus
  1. Are you saying that you saw clearly what the god was like?
Dionysus
  1. He was as he chose; I did not order this.
Pentheus
  1. Again you diverted my question well, speaking mere nonsense.