Bacchae

Euripides

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

  1. Shall we bring levers? Or shall I draw them up with my hands,
  2. putting a shoulder or arm under the mountain-tops?
Dionysus
  1. But don’t destroy the seats of the Nymphs and the places where Pan plays his pipes.
Pentheus
  1. Well said. The women are not to be taken by force; I will hide in the pines.
Dionysus
  1. You will hide yourself as you should be hidden, coming as a crafty spy on the Maenads.