Bacchae

Euripides

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

  1. Do you perform the rites by night or by day?
Dionysus
  1. Mostly by night; darkness conveys awe.
Pentheus
  1. This is treacherous towards women, and unsound.
Dionysus
  1. Even during the day someone may devise what is shameful.
Pentheus
  1. You must pay the penalty for your evil contrivances.