Bacchae 453-459 (Buckley)
Anna Muh /
- Created on 2023-04-27 05:21:37
- Modified on 2023-07-26 03:08:10
- Translated by T. A. Buckley
- Aligned by Anna Muh
Ἑλληνική Transliterate
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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
But your body is not ill-formed , stranger , for women ' s purposes , for which reason you have come to Thebes . For your hair is long , not through wrestling , scattered over your cheeks , full of desire ; and you have a white skin from careful preparation , hunting after Aphrodite by your beauty not exposed to strokes of the sun , but beneath the shade .
But your body is not ill-formed , stranger , for women ' s purposes , for which reason you have come to Thebes . For your hair is long , not through wrestling , scattered over your cheeks , full of desire ; and you have a white skin from careful preparation , hunting after Aphrodite by your beauty not exposed to strokes of the sun , but beneath the shade .