Bacchae

Euripides

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

  1. Pentheus, though you hear my words, you obey not at all. Though I suffer ill at your hands, still I say that it is not right for you to raise arms against a god,
  2. but to remain calm. Bromius will not allow you to remove the Bacchae from the joyful mountains.
Pentheus
  1. Do not instruct me, but be content in your escape from prison. Or shall I bring punishment upon you again?
Dionysus
  1. I would sacrifice to the god rather
  2. than kick against his spurs in anger, a mortal against a god.