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Euripides, Bacchae, 821-846


στεῖλαί νυν ἀμφὶ χρωτὶ βυσσίνους πέπλους. ΠενθεύςPut linen clothes on your body then. Pentheu


τί δὴ τόδʼ; ἐς γυναῖκας ἐξ ἀνδρὸς τελῶ; ΔιόνυσοςWhat is this? Shall I then, instead of a man, be reckoned among the women? Dionysu


μή σε κτάνωσιν, ἢν ἀνὴρ ὀφθῇς ἐκεῖ. ΠενθεύςLest they kill you if you are seen there as a man. Pentheu


εὖ γʼ εἶπας αὖ τόδʼ· ὥς τις εἶ πάλαι σοφός. ΔιόνυσοςAgain you speak correctly: how wise you have been all along! Dionysu


Διόνυσος ἡμᾶς ἐξεμούσωσεν τάδε. ΠενθεύςDionysus taught me these things fully. Pentheu


πῶς οὖν γένοιτʼ ἂν ἃ σύ με νουθετεῖς καλῶς; ΔιόνυσοςHow can your advice to me be well carried out? Dionysu


ἐγὼ στελῶ σε δωμάτων ἔσω μολών. ΠενθεύςI will go inside and dress you. Pentheu


τίνα στολήν; ἦ θῆλυν; ἀλλʼ αἰδώς μʼ ἔχει. ΔιόνυσοςIn what clothing? Female? But shame holds me back. Dionysu


οὐκέτι θεατὴς μαινάδων πρόθυμος εἶ. ΠενθεύςAre you no longer eager to view the maenads? Pentheu


στολὴν δὲ τίνα φῂς ἀμφὶ χρῶτʼ ἐμὸν βαλεῖν; ΔιόνυσοςWhat clothing do you bid me to put on my body? Dionysu


κόμην μὲν ἐπὶ σῷ κρατὶ ταναὸν ἐκτενῶ. ΠενθεύςI will spread out hair at length on your head. Pentheu


τὸ δεύτερον δὲ σχῆμα τοῦ κόσμου τί μοι; ΔιόνυσοςWhat is the second part of my outfit? Dionysu


πέπλοι ποδήρεις· ἐπὶ κάρᾳ δʼ ἔσται μίτρα. ΠενθεύςA robe down to your feet. And you will wear a headband. Pentheu


ἦ καί τι πρὸς τοῖσδʼ ἄλλο προσθήσεις ἐμοί; ΔιόνυσοςAnd what else will you add to this for me? Dionysu


θύρσον γε χειρὶ καὶ νεβροῦ στικτὸν δέρας. ΠενθεύςA thyrsos in your hand, and a dappled fawn-skin. Pentheu


οὐκ ἂν δυναίμην θῆλυν ἐνδῦναι στολήν. ΔιόνυσοςI could not put on a woman’s dress. Dionysu


ἀλλʼ αἷμα θήσεις συμβαλὼν βάκχαις μάχην. ΠενθεύςBut you will shed blood if you join battle with the Bacchae. Pentheu


ὀρθῶς· μολεῖν χρὴ πρῶτον εἰς κατασκοπήν. ΔιόνυσοςTrue. We must go first and spy. Dionysu


σοφώτερον γοῦν ἢ κακοῖς θηρᾶν κακά. ΠενθεύςThis is at any rate wiser than hunting trouble with trouble. Pentheu


καὶ πῶς διʼ ἄστεως εἶμι Καδμείους λαθών; ΔιόνυσοςAnd how will I go through the city without being seen by the Thebans? Dionysu


ὁδοὺς ἐρήμους ἴμεν· ἐγὼ δʼ ἡγήσομαι. ΠενθεύςWe will go on deserted roads. I will lead you. Pentheu


πᾶν κρεῖσσον ὥστε μὴ ʼγγελᾶν βάκχας ἐμοί.Anything is better than to be mocked by the Bacchae. We two will go into the house . . . and I will consider what seems best. Dionysu


ἐλθόντʼ ἐς οἴκους ΔιόνυσοςAnything is better than to be mocked by the Bacchae. We two will go into the house . . . and I will consider what seems best. Dionysu


ἔξεστι· πάντῃ τό γʼ ἐμὸν εὐτρεπὲς πάρα. ΠενθεύςIt will be so; in any case I am ready. Pentheu


στείχοιμʼ ἄν· ἢ γὰρ ὅπλʼ ἔχων πορεύσομαιI will go in. For either I will go bearing arms, or I will obey your counsels. Dionysu


ἢ τοῖσι σοῖσι πείσομαι βουλεύμασιν. ΔιόνυσοςI will go in. For either I will go bearing arms, or I will obey your counsels. Dionysu


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

4 results
1. Aristophanes, Frogs, 412 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

412. νῦν δὴ κατεῖδον καὶ μάλ' εὐπροσώπου
2. Euripides, Bacchae, 1019-1023, 1047, 1060-1062, 775-777, 779, 785, 787-791, 794-797, 799-800, 810-815, 818-819, 822-848, 850-854, 857-858, 861, 912-914, 916, 920, 925-944, 956, 1018 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1018. φάνηθι ταῦρος ἢ πολύκρανος ἰδεῖν
3. Valerius Flaccus Gaius, Argonautica, 2.1-2.5, 2.17-2.33, 2.64-2.65, 2.72-2.427

4. Vergil, Aeneis, 7.389-7.390, 7.392-7.405

7.389. with ocean's power and heaven's. But what availed 7.390. Syrtes, or Scylla, or Charybdis' waves? 7.392. within their prayed-for land delectable 7.393. afe from the seas and me! Mars once had power 7.394. the monstrous Lapithae to slay; and Jove 7.395. to Dian's honor and revenge gave o'er 7.396. the land of Calydon. What crime so foul 7.397. was wrought by Lapithae or Calydon? 7.398. But I, Jove's wife and Queen, who in my woes 7.399. have ventured each bold stroke my power could find 7.400. and every shift essayed,—behold me now 7.401. outdone by this Aeneas! If so weak 7.402. my own prerogative of godhead be 7.403. let me seek strength in war, come whence it will! 7.404. If Heaven I may not move, on Hell I call. 7.405. To bar him from his Latin throne exceeds


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aeschylus,lykourgeia Seaford (2018), Tragedy, Ritual and Money in Ancient Greece: Selected Essays, 374
alterity/otherness Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 172
amata Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
apuleius Seaford (2018), Tragedy, Ritual and Money in Ancient Greece: Selected Essays, 374
aristophanes Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 172
bacchantes Radicke (2022), Roman Women’s Dress: Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development, 58
bacchic rites,processions Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
bacchic rites,purification associated with Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
bacchus/dionysus Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
crocota Radicke (2022), Roman Women’s Dress: Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development, 58
cult,cultic acts for specific cults, the corresponding god or place Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 322
diana/artemis Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
dionysos,dionysos xenos Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 322
dionysos Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 322
eleusis,eleusinian,mysteries Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 322
eros,bacchants,obsession of pentheus with sexual impropriety of Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 172
feminization/effeminacy Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
funerary dress Seaford (2018), Tragedy, Ritual and Money in Ancient Greece: Selected Essays, 374
greek loanwords Radicke (2022), Roman Women’s Dress: Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development, 58
herodotus Seaford (2018), Tragedy, Ritual and Money in Ancient Greece: Selected Essays, 374
hypsipyle,crossdressing of thoas (in valerius) Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
hypsipyle,feminization/ ephebization of thoas Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
hypsipyle,hiding of thoas in bacchic temple (in valerius) Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
hypsipyle,in valerius argonautica Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
hypsipyle,purification rite and escape of thoas to tauris (in valerius) Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
hypsipyle,vergils aeneid and Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
hypsipyle Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
initiate Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 322
initiation,initiatory rites Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 322
intertextuality,hypsipyle story and Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
iphigeneia Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
lavinia Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
linen Seaford (2018), Tragedy, Ritual and Money in Ancient Greece: Selected Essays, 374
maenads,maenadic,maenadism Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 322
malacus Radicke (2022), Roman Women’s Dress: Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development, 58
mania μανία,maniacal Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 322
mitra Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
naevius Radicke (2022), Roman Women’s Dress: Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development, 58; Seaford (2018), Tragedy, Ritual and Money in Ancient Greece: Selected Essays, 374
orestes Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
otherness/alterity Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 172
patagium (gloss) Radicke (2022), Roman Women’s Dress: Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development, 58
patagus (noise) Radicke (2022), Roman Women’s Dress: Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development, 58
pentheus,robing of Seaford (2018), Tragedy, Ritual and Money in Ancient Greece: Selected Essays, 374
pentheus Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 322; Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
performance Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 322
purification and bacchic rites Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
red ( Radicke (2022), Roman Women’s Dress: Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development, 58
rite,ritual Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 322
thebes,theban Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 322
tragedy Radicke (2022), Roman Women’s Dress: Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development, 58
transvestism and cross-dressing,of thoas by hypsipyle Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
trochaic septenar Radicke (2022), Roman Women’s Dress: Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development, 58
vergil,aeneid,hypsipyle story,valerius and statius versions of Panoussi(2019), Brides, Mourners, Bacchae: Women's Rituals in Roman Literature, 155
woman' Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 322
wool,woollen Radicke (2022), Roman Women’s Dress: Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development, 58
xenia Bernabe et al. (2013), Redefining Dionysos, 322