Bacchae

Euripides

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

  1. And you for your ignorance and impiety toward the god.
Pentheus
  1. How bold the Bacchant is, and not unpracticed in speaking!
Dionysus
  1. Tell me what I must suffer; what harm will you do to me?
Pentheus
  1. First I will cut off your delicate hair.
Dionysus
  1. My hair is sacred. I am growing it for the god.