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Euripides, Bacchae, 1030-1039


Πενθεὺς ὄλωλεν, παῖς Ἐχίονος πατρός. ΧορόςPentheus, the child of Echion, is dead. sung Chorus Leader


ὦναξ Βρόμιε, θεὸς φαίνῃ μέγας. ἌγγελοςLord Bacchus, truly you appear to be a great god. Messenger


πῶς φῄς; τί τοῦτʼ ἔλεξας; ἦ ʼπὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖςWhat do you mean? Why have you said this? Do you rejoice at the misfortunes of my master, woman? sung Chorus Leader


χαίρεις κακῶς πράσσουσι δεσπόταις, γύναι; ΧορόςWhat do you mean? Why have you said this? Do you rejoice at the misfortunes of my master, woman? sung Chorus Leader


εὐάζω ξένα μέλεσι βαρβάροις·I, a foreign woman, rejoice with foreign songs;


οὐκέτι γὰρ δεσμῶν ὑπὸ φόβῳ πτήσσω. Ἄγγελοςfor no longer do I cower in fear of chains. Messenger


Θήβας δʼ ἀνάνδρους ὧδʼ ἄγειςDo you think Thebes so lacking in men? sung Chorus Leader


ΧορόςDo you think Thebes so lacking in men? sung Chorus Leader


ὁ Διόνυσος ὁ Διόνυσος, οὐ ΘῆβαιCHORUS: 'Tis Dionysus, Dionysus, not Thebes that lords it over me. SECOND MESSENGER All can I pardon thee save this; to exult o'er hopeless suffering is sorry conduct, dames. CHORUS: Tell me, oh! tell me how he died, that villain scheming villainy!


ὁ Διόνυσος ὁ Διόνυσος, οὐ ΘῆβαιDionysus, Dionysus, not Thebes , holds my allegiance. Messenger


κράτος ἔχουσʼ ἐμόν. ἌγγελοςDionysus, Dionysus, not Thebes , holds my allegiance. Messenger


συγγνωστὰ μέν σοι, πλὴν ἐπʼ ἐξειργασμένοιςYou may be forgiven, but still it is not good


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

7 results
1. Homer, Iliad, 6.132 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

6.132. /Nay, for even the son of Dryas, mighty Lycurgus, lived not long, seeing that he strove with heavenly gods—he that on a time drave down over the sacred mount of Nysa the nursing mothers of mad Dionysus; and they all let fall to the ground their wands, smitten with an ox-goad by man-slaying Lycurgus.
2. Aeschylus, Persians, 354 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

354. φανεὶς ἀλάστωρ ἢ κακὸς δαίμων ποθέν.
3. Aristophanes, The Women Celebrating The Thesmophoria, 985-1000 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

1000. εὐπέταλος ἕλικι θάλλει.
4. Euripides, Bacchae, 1000-1009, 101, 1010-1019, 102, 1020-1029, 103, 1031-1039, 104, 1040-1049, 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, 1155, 116-123, 1239, 124, 1240, 125-127, 1274-1276, 128-166, 212, 215-247, 263-265, 443-450, 507, 537-541, 576-639, 64, 640-649, 65, 650-656, 66, 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, 78-91, 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
5. Euripides, Orestes, 1382-1394, 1381 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1381. Ilium , Ilium , oh me! city of Phrygia , and Ida’s holy hill with fruitful soil, how I mourn for your destruction a shrill song
6. Sophocles, Ajax, 464 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

7. Sophocles, Antigone, 1116-1152, 1115 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
agave Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 112; Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 127, 133, 148
anti-hero, dionysus Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 112
apollo Papadodima, Ancient Greek Literature and the Foreign: Athenian Dialogues II (2022) 104
bull Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 112
calvary Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 133
chorus, in drama Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 112
chorus χορός, choral Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314
cithaeron Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 112; Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 127, 133, 136
city/cities Papadodima, Ancient Greek Literature and the Foreign: Athenian Dialogues II (2022) 104
dionysia, great and rural (festivals) Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 112
dionysos, dionysos xenos Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314
dionysos Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314
earth, earthly Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314
echion Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314
euripides, bacchae Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 136, 148
euripides, exodos (missing part/lacuna) of Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 136, 148
euripides Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 148
foreign, cry Papadodima, Ancient Greek Literature and the Foreign: Athenian Dialogues II (2022) 104
gigantomachy Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314
gospels Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 133
hamartia Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 127
hera Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314
heracles Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 112
hero Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 112
jesus christ, and dionysus Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 136
jesus christ Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 133, 136
joseph of arimathea Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 148
kadmos, kadmeian Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314
leader, chorus-leader Papadodima, Ancient Greek Literature and the Foreign: Athenian Dialogues II (2022) 104
lydia, lydian Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314
madness (mania)/frenzy Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 127, 148
maenads/maenadism Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 127, 136, 148
maenads Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 112
mania μανία, maniacal Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314
messenger Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 112
messengers/messenger-speech Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 127, 133, 136
miracles Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 112
myth, mythical Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314
pentheus Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314; Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 127, 133, 136, 148
phrygian, city Papadodima, Ancient Greek Literature and the Foreign: Athenian Dialogues II (2022) 104
phrygian Papadodima, Ancient Greek Literature and the Foreign: Athenian Dialogues II (2022) 104
pity (ἔλεος) Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 127, 148
reception, of dramatic conventions Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 127
reception, of dramatic situations and themes Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 133, 136, 148
reconfiguration Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 136
redemption Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 136
resemblances, reception Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 127, 133, 136, 148
resemblances Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 133, 148
semele Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 112
sparagmos/dismemberment Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 127, 133, 136, 148
sparagmos Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 112
theater, theatrical Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314
thebes (boeotia) Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 112
theomachist, theomachus Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314
theotokos (mother of god) Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 133, 136, 148
thyrsos (–oi) Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 127
troy Papadodima, Ancient Greek Literature and the Foreign: Athenian Dialogues II (2022) 104
violence/violent' Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314
women Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 112
xenia Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 314
zeus, xeinios Papadodima, Ancient Greek Literature and the Foreign: Athenian Dialogues II (2022) 104