Bacchae 912-917 (Murray)
Anna Muh /
- Created on 2023-04-25 06:26:49
- Modified on 2023-07-26 03:04:53
- Translated by George Gilbert Aimé Murray
- Aligned by Anna Muh
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
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Διόνυσος
σὲ τὸν πρόθυμον ὄνθʼ ἃ μὴ χρεὼν ὁρᾶν
σπεύδοντά τʼ ἀσπούδαστα , Πενθέα λέγω ,
ἔξιθι πάροιθε δωμάτων , ὄφθητί μοι ,
σκευὴν γυναικὸς μαινάδος βάκχης ἔχων ,
μητρός τε τῆς σῆς καὶ λόχου κατάσκοπος ·
πρέπεις δὲ Κάδμου θυγατέρων μορφὴν μιᾷ .
σὲ τὸν πρόθυμον ὄνθʼ ἃ μὴ χρεὼν ὁρᾶν
σπεύδοντά τʼ ἀσπούδαστα , Πενθέα λέγω ,
ἔξιθι πάροιθε δωμάτων , ὄφθητί μοι ,
σκευὴν γυναικὸς μαινάδος βάκχης ἔχων ,
μητρός τε τῆς σῆς καὶ λόχου κατάσκοπος ·
πρέπεις δὲ Κάδμου θυγατέρων μορφὴν μιᾷ .
Dionysus
O eye that cravest sights thou must not see ,
O heart athirst for that which slakes not ! Thee ,
Pentheus , I call ; forth and be seen , in guise
Of woman , Maenad , saint of Dionyse ,
To spy upon His Chosen and thine own
Mother !
Thy shape , methinks , is like to one
Of Cadmus ' royal maids !
O eye that cravest sights thou must not see ,
O heart athirst for that which slakes not ! Thee ,
Pentheus , I call ; forth and be seen , in guise
Of woman , Maenad , saint of Dionyse ,
To spy upon His Chosen and thine own
Mother !
Thy shape , methinks , is like to one
Of Cadmus ' royal maids !