Bacchae

Euripides

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

  1. Next give me this thyrsos from your hands.
Dionysus
  1. Take it from me yourself. I bear it as the ensign of Dionysus.
Pentheus
  1. We will guard your body within, in prison.
Dionysus
  1. The god himself will release me, whenever I want.
Pentheus
  1. Yes, when you call him, standing among the Bacchae.