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    Euripides, Bacchae (ed. Gilbert Murray)

    Angelos

    Editions and translations: Greek (ed. Gilbert Murray) | English (ed. T. A. Buckley)
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    Angelos

    prôtê de mêtêr+ êrxen hierea phonou
    1115
    kai prospitnei nin: ho de mitran komês apo
    erripsen, hôs nin gnôrisasa mê ktanoi
    tlêmôn Agauê, kai legei, parêidos
    psauôn: Egô toi, mêter, eimi, pais sethen
    Pentheus, hon etekes en domois Echionos:
    1120
    oiktire d' ô mêter me, mêde tais emais
    hamartiaisi paida son kataktanêis.

    hê d' aphron exieisa kai diastrophous
    koras helissous', ou phronous' ha chrê phronein,
    ek Bakchiou kateichet', oud' epeithe nin.
    1125
    labousa+ d' ôlenês aristeran chera,
    pleuraisin antibasa tou dusdaimonos
    apesparaxen ômon, ouch hupo sthenous,
    all' ho theos eumareian epedidou cheroin+:
    Inô de tapi thater' exeirgazeto,
    1130
    rhêgnusa sarkas, Autonoê t' ochlos te pas
    epeiche bakchôn: ên de pas' homou boê,
    ho men stenazôn hoson etunchan' empneôn,
    hai d' êlalazon. ephere d' hê men ôlenên,
    hê d' ichnos autais arbulais: gumnounto de
    1135
    pleurai sparagmois: pasa d' hêimatômenê
    cheiras diesphairize sarka Pentheôs.

    keitai de chôris sôma, to men hupo stuphlois
    petrais, to d' hulês en bathuxulôi phobêi,
    ou rhaidion zêtêma: krata d' athlion,
    1140
    hoper labousa tunchanei+ mêtêr cheroin,
    pêxas' ep' akron thurson hôs oresterou
    pherei leontos dia Kithairônos mesou,
    lipous' adelphas en choroisi mainadôn.
    chôrei de thêrai duspotmôi gauroumenê
    1145
    teicheôn esô tônd', anakalousa Bakchion
    ton xunkunagon, ton xunergatên agras,
    ton kallinikon, hôi dakrua nikêphorei.

    egô men oun ekpodôn têi xumphorai
    apeim', Agauên prin molein pros dômata.
    1150
    to sôphronein de kai sebein ta tôn theôn
    kalliston: oimai d' auto kai sophôtaton
    thnêtoisin einai ktêma toisi chrômenois.

    There are a total of 4 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Cross references from L. D. Caskey, J. D. Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston:
    66 [66. 10.221 FRAGMENTARY PSYKTER from Orvieto PLATE XXXI, below]
    66 [66. 10.221 FRAGMENTARY PSYKTER from Orvieto PLATE XXXI, below]

    Cross references from George W. Mooney, Commentary on Apollonius: Argonautica:
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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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