Bacchae

Euripides

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

  1. But I who ought to wait on you will re-arrange it. Hold up your head.
Pentheus
  1. Here, you arrange it; for I depend on you, indeed.
Dionysus
  1. Your girdle has come loose, and the pleats of your gown do not extend regularly down around your ankles.
Pentheus
  1. At least on my right leg, I believe they don’t. But on this side the robe sits well around the back of my leg.
Dionysus
  1. You will surely consider me the best of your friends,