Bacchae

Euripides

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

  1. Oh, yes! I imagine that like birds they are in the bushes held in the sweetest grips of love.
Dionysus
  1. You have been sent as a guard against this very event.
  2. Perhaps you will catch them, if you yourself are not caught before.
Pentheus
  1. Bring me through the midst of the Theban land. I am the only man of them who dares to perform this deed.
Dionysus
  1. You alone bear the burden for this city, you alone. Therefore the labors which are proper await you.