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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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Angelos B
ô dôm' ho prin pot' eutucheis an' Hellada,
Sidôniou gerontos, hos to gêgenes
drakontos espeir' Opheos en gaiai theros,
hôs se stenazô, doulos ôn men, all' homôs
[chrêstoisi doulois sumphora ta despotôn].
Choros
ti d' estin; ek bakchôn ti mênueis neon;
Angelos
Pentheus olôlen, pais Echionos patros.
Choros
ônax Bromie, theos phainêi megas.
Angelos
pôs phêis; ti tout' elexas; ê 'pi tois emois
chaireis kakôs prassousi despotais, gunai;
Choros
euazô xena melesi barbarois:
ouketi gar desmôn hupo phobôi ptêssô.
Angelos
Thêbas d' anandrous hôd' ageis . . .
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Choros
ho Dionusos ho Dionusos, ou Thêbai
kratos echous' emon.
Angelos
sungnôsta men soi, plên ep' exeirgasmenois
kakoisi chairein, ô gunaikes, ou kalon.
Choros
ennepe moi, phrason, tini morôi thnêiskei
adikos adika t' ekporizôn anêr;
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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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