THE BACCHANALS.
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Pentheus.
[Ay—who drives women frenzied from the home!][1]
Dionysus.
'Tis Dionysus' glory, this thy scoff.
Pentheus (to attendants).
I bid ye bar all towers round about.
Dionysus.
Why? Cannot Gods pass even over walls?
Pentheus.
Wise art thou, wise—save where thou shouldst be wise. 655
Dionysus.
Where most needs wisdom, therein am I wise.
But listen first to yon man, hear his tale
Who with some tidings from the mountains comes.
I will await thee: fear not lest I fly.
Enter Herdman.
Herdman.
Pentheus, thou ruler of this Theban land, 660
I from Kithairon come, whence never fail
The glistering silver arrows of the snow.
Pentheus.
Bringing what weighty tidings comest thou?
- ↑ A line inserted conjecturally, to complete stichomuthia.
