Bacchae

Euripides

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

  1. I shall easily bear him, even if he comes boasting greatly. For it is the part of a wise man to practice restrained good temper.
Enter Pentheus
Pentheus
  1. I have suffered terrible things; the stranger, who was recently constrained in bonds, has escaped me. Ah!
  2. Here is the man. What is this? How do you appear in front of my house, having come out?
Dionysus
  1. Stop, and put a stop to your anger.
Pentheus
  1. How have you escaped your chains and come outside?