Euripides' BACCHAE Complete

Translated, with notes, by Th. Buckley.

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Pentheus: I know, [the hill] which surrounds the city of Sardis.

Bacchus: Thence am I; and Lydia is my country.

Pentheus: And whence do you bring these rites into Greece?

Bacchus: Bacchus persuaded us, the son of Jove.

Pentheus: Is Jove then one who begets new Gods?

Bacchus: No, but having married Semele here,--

Pentheus: Did he compel you by night, or in your sight [by day]?

Bacchus: Seeing me who saw him; and he gave me orgies.

Pentheus: And what appearance have these orgies?

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