Bacchae

Euripides

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

  1. I order you to close up all the towers around.
Dionysus
  1. Why? Do gods not pass over walls too?
Pentheus
  1. You are wise, wise at least in all save what you should be wise in.
Dionysus
  1. I was born wise in all that I should be. Enter a messenger Listen first to the words of this man, who has come from the mountain to bring you some message. I will await you, I will not try to escape.
Messenger
  1. Pentheus, ruler of this land of Thebes, I have come from Kithairon, where the bright flakes of white snow never melt.