Bacchae 453-459 (Theodoridis)
Anna Muh /
- Created on 2023-04-27 03:32:10
- Modified on 2023-07-26 03:07:50
- Translated by George Theodoridis
- Aligned by Anna Muh
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Πενθεύς
ἀτὰρ τὸ μὲν σῶμʼ οὐκ ἄμορφος εἶ , ξένε ,
ὡς ἐς γυναῖκας , ἐφʼ ὅπερ ἐς Θήβας πάρει ·
πλόκαμός τε γάρ σου ταναός , οὐ πάλης ὕπο ,
γένυν παρʼ αὐτὴν κεχυμένος , πόθου πλέως ·
λευκὴν δὲ χροιὰν ἐκ παρασκευῆς ἔχεις ,
οὐχ ἡλίου βολαῖσιν , ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ σκιᾶς ,
τὴν Ἀφροδίτην καλλονῇ θηρώμενος .
ἀτὰρ τὸ μὲν σῶμʼ οὐκ ἄμορφος εἶ , ξένε ,
ὡς ἐς γυναῖκας , ἐφʼ ὅπερ ἐς Θήβας πάρει ·
πλόκαμός τε γάρ σου ταναός , οὐ πάλης ὕπο ,
γένυν παρʼ αὐτὴν κεχυμένος , πόθου πλέως ·
λευκὴν δὲ χροιὰν ἐκ παρασκευῆς ἔχεις ,
οὐχ ἡλίου βολαῖσιν , ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ σκιᾶς ,
τὴν Ἀφροδίτην καλλονῇ θηρώμενος .
Pentheus
Hmmm . Physically , you’re not unattractive , stranger . Just like the women for whom you came here , in Thebes . Nice , long plaits , hair that hasn’t felt hard work , and , for a greater sexual effect , it’s spilled all around your beard . Your skin is lovely and white because you take good care of it , I see . You don’t expose it to the sun’s rays and you stay in the shade all day , hunting Aphrodite’s beauty .
Hmmm . Physically , you’re not unattractive , stranger . Just like the women for whom you came here , in Thebes . Nice , long plaits , hair that hasn’t felt hard work , and , for a greater sexual effect , it’s spilled all around your beard . Your skin is lovely and white because you take good care of it , I see . You don’t expose it to the sun’s rays and you stay in the shade all day , hunting Aphrodite’s beauty .