Bacchae
Euripides
Euripides. The Tragedies of Euripides. Vol. I. Buckley, Theodore Alois, translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850.
- And I, more masterful than you, bid them to bind you.
- You do not know why you live, or what you are doing, or who you are.
- I am Pentheus, son of Echion and Agave.
- You are well-suited to be miserable in your name.[*](Punning on πένθος, grief.)
- Go. To attendants Shut him up near the horse