Bacchae

Euripides

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

  1. having left sacred Tmolus, I am swift to perform for Bromius my sweet labor and toil easily borne, celebrating the god Bacchus[*](Lit. shouting the ritual cry εὐοῖ.). Who is in the way? Who is in the way? Who? Let him get out of the way indoors, and let everyone keep his mouth pure [*](E. R. Dodds takes this passage Let everyone come outside being sure to keep his mouth pure. He does not believe that there should be a full stop after the third τίς.),
  2. speaking propitious things. For I will celebrate Dionysus with hymns according to eternal custom.
Chorus
  1. Blessed is he who, being fortunate and knowing the rites of the gods, keeps his life pure and
  2. has his soul initiated into the Bacchic revels, dancing in inspired frenzy over the mountains with holy purifications, and who, revering the mysteries of great mother Kybele,
  3. brandishing the thyrsos, garlanded with ivy, serves Dionysus. Go, Bacchae, go, Bacchae, escorting the god Bromius, child of a god,