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    Euripides, Bacchae (ed. Gilbert Murray)

    Choros

    Editions and translations: Greek (ed. Gilbert Murray) | English (ed. T. A. Buckley)
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    Dionusos
    se ton prothumon onth' ha mê chreôn horan
    speudonta t' aspoudasta, Penthea legô,
    exithi paroithe dômatôn, ophthêti moi,
    915
    skeuên gunaikos mainados bakchês echôn,
    mêtros te tês sês kai lochou kataskopos:
    prepeis de Kadmou thugaterôn morphên miai.
    Pentheus
    kai mên horan moi duo men hêlious dokô,
    dissas de Thêbas kai polism' heptastomon:
    920
    kai tauros hêmin prosthen hêgeisthai dokeis
    kai sôi kerata krati prospephukenai.
    all' ê pot' êstha thêr; tetaurôsai gar oun.
    Dionusos
    ho theos homartei, prosthen ôn ouk eumenês,
    enspondos hêmin: nun d' horais ha chrê s' horan.
    Pentheus
    925
    ti phainomai dêt'; ouchi tên Inous stasin
    ê tên Agauês hestanai, mêtros g' emês;
    Dionusos
    autas ekeinas eisoran dokô s' horôn.
    all' ex hedras soi plokamos exestêch' hode+,
    ouch hôs egô nin hupo mitrai kathêrmosa.
    Pentheus
    930
    endon proseiôn auton anaseiôn t' egô
    kai bakchiazôn ex hedras methôrmisa.
    Dionusos
    all' auton hêmeis, hois se therapeuein melei,
    palin katasteloumen: all' orthou kara.
    Pentheus
    idou, su kosmei: soi gar anakeimestha dê.
    Dionusos
    935
    zônai te soi chalôsi kouch hexês peplôn
    stolides hupo sphuroisi teinousin sethen.
    Pentheus
    kamoi dokousi para ge dexion poda:
    tanthende d' orthôs para tenont' echei peplos.
    Dionusos
    ê pou me tôn sôn prôton hêgêsêi philôn,
    940
    hotan para logon sôphronas bakchas idêis.
    Pentheus
    potera de thurson dexiai labôn cheri
    ê têide, bakchêi mallon eikasthêsomai;
    Dionusos
    en dexiai chrê chhama dexiôi podi
    airein nin: ainô d' hoti methestêkas phrenôn.

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

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    412 [Besondere Eigentümlichkeiten im Gebrauche des Akkusativs. (Elliptischer Akkusativ. Akkusativ bei Ausrufungen. Absoluter Akkusativ.)]
    410 [b) Akkusativ bei intransitiven und passiven Verben und Adjektiven).]

    Cross references from Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache (ed. Ildar Ibraguimov):
    600 [V. Verschränkung und Verschmelzung in der Wort- und Satzfügung.]

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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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