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Euripides, Bacchae, 668-671


θέλω δʼ ἀκοῦσαι, πότερά σοι παρρησίᾳgoaded to madness have darted from this land with their fair feet, I have come to tell you and the city, lord, that they are doing terrible things, beyond marvel. I wish to hear whether I should tell you in free speech the situation there or whether I should repress my report


φράσω τὰ κεῖθεν ἢ λόγον στειλώμεθα·goaded to madness have darted from this land with their fair feet, I have come to tell you and the city, lord, that they are doing terrible things, beyond marvel. I wish to hear whether I should tell you in free speech the situation there or whether I should repress my report


τὸ γὰρ τάχος σου τῶν φρενῶν δέδοικʼ, ἄναξfor I fear, lord, the quickness of your mood, your keen temper and your too imperious disposition. Pentheu


καὶ τοὐξύθυμον καὶ τὸ βασιλικὸν λίαν. Πενθεύςfor I fear, lord, the quickness of your mood, your keen temper and your too imperious disposition. Pentheu


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

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1. Euripides, Bacchae, 1001-1023, 1150-1152, 1159, 234-236, 312-317, 389-392, 434-491, 493-494, 498-502, 506-507, 511-514, 518, 576-656, 664-667, 669-671, 676-861, 918-922, 977-1000 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1000. παρακόπῳ τε λήματι στέλλεται 1000. and mad disposition violently to overcome by force what is invincible—death is the discipline for his purposes, accepting no excuses when the affairs of the gods are concerned; to act like a mortal—this is a life that is free from pain. The text and meaning of these and the following lines are highly uncertain. The above translation is based on the paraphrase that Murray includes in his apparatus qui iniuste etc. (v. 997), ei sententiarum castigatrix in rebus divinis indeprecabilis Mors est .
2. Euripides, Electra, 1056-1059, 1055 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1055. μέμνησο, μῆτερ, οὓς ἔλεξας ὑστάτους 1055. Remember, mother, those last words of yours, giving me frankness towards you. Clytemnestra
3. Euripides, Hecuba, 235-238, 234 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

234. εἰ δ' ἔστι τοῖς δούλοισι τοὺς ἐλευθέρους 234. full of mourning, rich in tears. Yes, I too escaped death where death had been my due, and Zeus did not destroy me but is still preserving my life, that I may witness in my misery fresh sorrows surpassing all before. But if the bond may ask the free
4. Euripides, Hippolytus, 420-425, 419 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

419. ἡμᾶς γὰρ αὐτὸ τοῦτ' ἀποκτείνει, φίλαι 419. This it is that calls on me to die, kind friends
5. Euripides, Ion, 671-675, 30 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

30. κλεινῶν ̓Αθηνῶν — οἶσθα γὰρ θεᾶς πόλιν — 30. that dwell in glorious Athens, for well thou knowest Athena’s city, and take a new-born babe from out the hollow rock, his cradle and his swaddling-clothes as well, and bear him to my prophetic shrine at Delphi, and set him at the entering-in of my temple.
6. Euripides, Orestes, 545-550, 544 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

544. ὦ γέρον, ἐγώ τοι πρὸς σὲ δειμαίνω λέγειν 544. Old man, I am afraid to speak before you
7. Euripides, Phoenician Women, 40 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

40. ὦ ξένε, τυράννοις ἐκποδὼν μεθίστασο. 40. Stranger, make way for the king! But he walked on without a word, in his pride. The horses with their hoofs drew blood from the tendons of his feet. Then—why need I speak of matters outside these evils?—son slew father, and taking his chariot
8. Euripides, Trojan Women, 904-913, 903 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

903. ἔξεστιν οὖν πρὸς ταῦτ' ἀμείψασθαι λόγῳ 903. May I answer this decision, proving that my death, if I am to die, will be unjust? Menelau
9. Sophocles, Ajax, 1329-1331, 1328 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1328. Then may a friend speak the truth, and still remain your helpmate no less than before? Agamemnon
10. Sophocles, Electra, 553-557, 552 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

552. This time, at least, you cannot say that I first gave you cause for upset and thereby provoked such words from you. But, if you will permit me
11. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 544, 543 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

543. Mark me now: hear a fair reply in answer to your words, and then judge for yourself on the basis of knowledge. Oedipu
12. Eratosthenes, Catasterismi, 24 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aeschylus Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49
agave Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 126
athens Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 110
carter, d.m. xix Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 110
characters, tragic/mythical, agamemnon Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 284
characters, tragic/mythical, clytemnestra Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 284
characters, tragic/mythical, creon, king of thebes Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 284
characters, tragic/mythical, electra Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 284
characters, tragic/mythical, hecuba Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 284
characters, tragic/mythical, odysseus Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 284
characters, tragic/mythical, oedipus Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 284
characters, tragic/mythical, orestes Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 284
children of heracles (heraclidae) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 110
chorus (male, female), of a. bassarae or bassarides Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49
christus patiens, a drama for reading Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 129
cithaeron, mt. Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 284
cithaeron Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 126, 129
colloquialisms Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 126
concepts/values/beliefs Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 129
cult/ritual/worship Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 26, 129
delphi Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 126
demosthenes Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 284
dionysus, as a bull/his bestial incarnation Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49
dionysus, effeminate/effeminacy of Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 26
dionysus, epiphanies/theophany of Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 129
dionysus, illusion Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49
dionysus, paradoxes/contradictions Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 26
ecstasy/ecstasis Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49
eleutheria Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 110
eros, bacchants, obsession of pentheus with sexual impropriety of Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 174
euripides, bacchae Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49, 129
euripides, parrhosia Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 284
euripides Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 126, 129
hallucination/delusion Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49
hubris Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49
hēsychia/calm life/quietism Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 129
initiands/initiates/initiation Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 26
interrogation (-scene) Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 26
isêgoria Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 110
lycurgus, and pentheus Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 26
lycurgus Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49
madness, of pentheus in bacchae Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 174
madness (mania)/frenzy Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49
maenads/maenadism Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 26, 49, 129
messengers/messenger-speech Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 126, 129
motifs, in postclassical tragedy, burial of the dead Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 284
motifs, in postclassical tragedy, parrhosia Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 284
mystery Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49
mystic initiation Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 26
on stage Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49
orpheus Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49
parody Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49
parrhêsia Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 110
pentheus Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 26, 49, 126, 129
physis Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 129
prologue/expository opening Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 126
reception, of dramatic conventions Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 126, 129
refiguration Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 26, 49
resemblances, bassarae/bassarides Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49
resemblances, edonoi Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 26, 49
resemblances, reception Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 126, 129
sophia/sophos (wisdom) Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 129
susanetti, davide Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 174
sōphrosynē/sōphrōn Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 129
theologos (iohannes) Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 129
theomachos (–oi)/theomachia/theomachein Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 49
theotokos (mother of god) Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 126
transformation Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 26
transmission Xanthaki-Karamanou, 'Dionysiac' Dialogues: Euripides' 'Bacchae', Aeschylus and 'Christus Patiens' (2022) 26
war pentheuss army in bacchae' Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 174