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    Euripides, Bacchae (ed. Gilbert Murray)

    Editions and translations: Greek (ed. Gilbert Murray) | English (ed. T. A. Buckley)
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    Dionusos
    hêkô Dios pais tênde Thêbaiôn chthona
    Dionusos, hon tiktei poth' hê Kadmou korê
    Semelê locheutheis' astrapêphorôi puri:
    morphên d' ameipsas ek theou brotêsian
    5
    pareimi Dirkês namat' Ismênou th' hudôr.
    horô de mêtros mnêma tês keraunias
    tod' engus oikôn kai domôn ereipia
    tuphomena Diou puros eti zôsan phloga+,
    athanaton Hêras mêter' eis emên hubrin.
    10
    ainô de Kadmon, abaton hos pedon tode
    tithêsi, thugatros sêkon: ampelou de nin
    perix egô 'kalupsa botruôdei chloêi.

    lipôn de Ludôn tous poluchrusous guas
    Phrugôn te, Persôn th' hêlioblêtous plakas
    15
    Baktria te teichê tên te duschimon chthona
    Mêdôn epelthôn Arabian t' eudaimona
    Asian te pasan, hê par' halmuran hala
    keitai migasin Hellêsi barbarois th' homou
    plêreis echousa kallipurgôtous poleis,
    20
    es tênde prôton êlthon Hellênôn polin,
    takei choreusas kai katastêsas emas
    teletas, hin' eiên emphanês daimôn brotois.

    prôtas de Thêbas têsde gês Hellênidos
    anôloluxa, nebrid' exapsas chroos
    25
    thurson te dous es cheira, kissinon belos:
    epei m' adelphai mêtros, has hêkista chrên,
    Dionuson ouk ephaskon ekphunai Dios,
    Semelên de numpheutheisan ek thnêtou tinos
    es Zên' anapherein tên hamartian lechous,
    30
    Kadmou sophismath', hôn nin houneka ktanein
    Zên' exekauchônth', hoti gamous epseusato.
    toigar nin autas ek domôn ôistrês' egô
    maniais, oros d' oikousi parakopoi phrenôn:
    skeuên t' echein ênankas' orgiôn emôn,
    35
    kai pan to thêlu sperma Kadmeiôn, hosai
    gunaikes êsan, exemêna dômatôn:
    homou de Kadmou paisin anamemeigmenai
    chlôrais hup' elatais anorophois hêntai petrais.
    dei gar polin tênd' ekmathein, kei mê thelei,
    40
    ateleston ousan tôn emôn bakcheumatôn,
    Semelês te mêtros apologêsasthai m' huper
    phanenta thnêtois daimon' hon tiktei Dii.

    There are a total of 5 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    417 [Fortsetzung.]
    382 [a) Praesens.]
    421 [Schluss.]
    417 [Fortsetzung.]

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    This text is based on the following book(s):
    Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, ed. Gilbert Murray, vol. 3. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1913.
    OCLC: 36956970


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