1. Aeschylus, Eumenides, 25 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 25. ἐξ οὗτε Βάκχαις ἐστρατήγησεν θεός | 25. ever since he, as a god, led the Bacchantes in war, and contrived for Pentheus death as of a hunted hare. I call on the streams of Pleistus and the strength of Poseidon, and highest Zeus, the Fulfiller; and then I take my seat as prophetess upon my throne. |
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2. Aristophanes, Lysistrata, 1313 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
| 1313. θυρσαδδωᾶν καὶ παιδδωᾶν. | |
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3. Aristophanes, Clouds, 605 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
| 605. Βάκχαις Δελφίσιν ἐμπρέπων | |
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4. Aristophanes, The Women Celebrating The Thesmophoria, 985-1000 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
| 1000. εὐπέταλος ἕλικι θάλλει. | |
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5. Euripides, Bacchae, 1000-1009, 101, 1010-1019, 102, 1020-1023, 1025-1026, 103, 1030-1039, 104, 1040, 1043-1049, 105, 1050-1059, 106, 1060-1069, 107, 1070-1079, 108, 1080-1089, 109, 1090-1099, 110, 1100-1109, 111, 1110-1119, 112, 1120-1129, 113, 1130-1139, 114, 1140-1149, 115, 1150-1152, 116, 1168, 117-118, 1189, 119-138, 1387, 139-166, 169, 195, 225, 259, 366, 415, 443-450, 491, 51, 529-530, 576-619, 62, 620-639, 64, 640-647, 65, 652, 66, 664, 667, 67, 677-679, 68, 680-689, 69, 690-699, 70, 700-709, 71, 710-719, 72, 720-729, 73, 730-739, 74, 740-749, 75, 750-759, 76, 760-769, 77, 770-774, 779, 78, 785, 79, 791, 799, 80-83, 837, 84, 842, 847, 85-91, 915, 918-919, 92, 920-929, 93, 930-939, 94, 940-949, 95, 950-959, 96, 960-969, 97, 970-979, 98, 980-989, 99, 990-999, 100 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 100. τέλεσαν, ταυρόκερων θεὸν | 100. had perfected him, the bull-horned god, and he crowned him with crowns of snakes, for which reason Maenads cloak their wild prey over their locks. Choru |
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6. Euripides, Cyclops, 156, 446, 709, 143 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 143. ὁ Βακχίου παῖς, ὡς σαφέστερον μάθῃς. | 143. The son of the Bacchic god, that thou mayst learn more certainly. Silenu |
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7. Euripides, Hecuba, 121, 1076 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 1076. ποῖ πᾷ φέρομαι τέκν' ἔρημα λιπὼν | |
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8. Euripides, Hippolytus, 551 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
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9. Euripides, Ion, 552-553, 716-717, 550 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 550. Didst thou in days gone by come to the Pythian rock? Xuthu |
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10. Euripides, Iphigenia Among The Taurians, 953 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
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11. Euripides, Phoenician Women, 1489 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
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12. Euripides, Rhesus, 972 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 972. As under far Pangaion Orpheus lies |
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13. Plato, Phaedo, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
| 69c. from all these things, and self-restraint and justice and courage and wisdom itself are a kind of purification. And I fancy that those men who established the mysteries were not unenlightened, but in reality had a hidden meaning when they said long ago that whoever goes uninitiated and unsanctified to the other world will lie in the mire, but he who arrives there initiated and purified will dwell with the gods. For as they say in the mysteries, the thyrsus-bearers are many, but the mystics few ; |
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14. Sophocles, Antigone, 1116-1152, 154, 1115 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
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15. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 211 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
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16. Demosthenes, Orations, 21.52
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17. Orphic Hymns., Fragments, 474.15-474.16
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