Bacchae

Euripides

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

  1. And I, more masterful than you, bid them to bind you.
Dionysus
  1. You do not know why you live, or what you are doing, or who you are.
Pentheus
  1. I am Pentheus, son of Echion and Agave.
Dionysus
  1. You are well-suited to be miserable in your name.[*](Punning on πένθος, grief.)
Pentheus
  1. Go. To attendants Shut him up near the horse