Bacchae 47-61 Arrowsmith
Ezekiel Aurelius /
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- Modified on 2021-03-18 22:06:18
- Translated by Arrowsmith
- Aligned by Ezekiel Aurelius
English
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
Therefore I shall prove to him
and every man in Thebes that i am god
indeed . And when my worship is established here ,
and all is well , then I shall go my way
and be revealed to other men in other lands .
But if the men of Thebes attempt to force
My Bacchae from the mountainside by threat of arms
I shall marshal my Maenads and take the field .
To these ends I have laid my deity aside
and go disguised as man .
On , my women ,
women who worship me , women whom I led
Out of Asia where Tmolus heaves its rampart
Over Lydia !
On , comrades of my progress here !
Come , and with your native Phrygian drum
Rhea ' s drum and mine , pound at the palace doors
of Pentheus ! Let the city of Thebes behold you
and every man in Thebes that i am god
indeed . And when my worship is established here ,
and all is well , then I shall go my way
and be revealed to other men in other lands .
But if the men of Thebes attempt to force
My Bacchae from the mountainside by threat of arms
I shall marshal my Maenads and take the field .
To these ends I have laid my deity aside
and go disguised as man .
On , my women ,
women who worship me , women whom I led
Out of Asia where Tmolus heaves its rampart
Over Lydia !
On , comrades of my progress here !
Come , and with your native Phrygian drum
Rhea ' s drum and mine , pound at the palace doors
of Pentheus ! Let the city of Thebes behold you
ὧν
οὕνεκ᾽
αὐτῷ
θεὸς
γεγὼς
ἐνδείξομαι
πᾶσίν τε Θηβαίοισιν ἐς δ᾽ ἄλλην χθόνα
τἀνθένδε θέμενος εὖ , μεταστήσω πόδα
δεικνὺς ἐμαυτόν : ἢν δὲ Θηβαίων πόλις
ὀργῇ σὺν ὅπλοις ἐξ ὄρους βάκχας ἄγειν
ζητῇ ξυνάψω μαινάσι στρατηλατῶν .
ὧν οὕνεκ᾽ εἶδος θνητὸν ἀλλάξας ἔχω
μορφήν τ᾽ ἐμὴν μετέβαλον εἰς ἀνδρὸς φύσιν .
ἀλλ᾽ ὦ λιποῦσαι Τμῶλον ἔρυμα Λυδίας
θίασος ἐμός , γυναῖκες , ἃς ἐκ βαρβάρων
ἐκόμισα παρέδρους καὶ ξυνεμπόρους ἐμοί
αἴρεσθε τἀπιχώρι᾽ ἐν πόλει Φρυγῶν
τύμπανα Ῥέας τε μητρὸς ἐμά θ᾽ εὑρήματα
βασίλειά τ᾽ ἀμφὶ δώματ᾽ ἐλθοῦσαι τάδε
κτυπεῖτε Πενθέως , ὡς ὁρᾷ Κάδμου πόλις .
πᾶσίν τε Θηβαίοισιν ἐς δ᾽ ἄλλην χθόνα
τἀνθένδε θέμενος εὖ , μεταστήσω πόδα
δεικνὺς ἐμαυτόν : ἢν δὲ Θηβαίων πόλις
ὀργῇ σὺν ὅπλοις ἐξ ὄρους βάκχας ἄγειν
ζητῇ ξυνάψω μαινάσι στρατηλατῶν .
ὧν οὕνεκ᾽ εἶδος θνητὸν ἀλλάξας ἔχω
μορφήν τ᾽ ἐμὴν μετέβαλον εἰς ἀνδρὸς φύσιν .
ἀλλ᾽ ὦ λιποῦσαι Τμῶλον ἔρυμα Λυδίας
θίασος ἐμός , γυναῖκες , ἃς ἐκ βαρβάρων
ἐκόμισα παρέδρους καὶ ξυνεμπόρους ἐμοί
αἴρεσθε τἀπιχώρι᾽ ἐν πόλει Φρυγῶν
τύμπανα Ῥέας τε μητρὸς ἐμά θ᾽ εὑρήματα
βασίλειά τ᾽ ἀμφὶ δώματ᾽ ἐλθοῦσαι τάδε
κτυπεῖτε Πενθέως , ὡς ὁρᾷ Κάδμου πόλις .