Euripides, Bacchae, ed. Gilbert Murray, 370

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Χορός

Ὁσία πότνα θεῶν,
370

Ὁσία δʼ ἃ κατὰ γᾶν

χρυσέαν πτέρυγα φέρεις,

τάδε Πενθέως ἀίεις;

ἀίεις οὐχ ὁσίαν

ὕβριν ἐς τὸν Βρόμιον, τὸν
375

Σεμέλας, τὸν παρὰ καλλι-

στεφάνοις εὐφροσύναις δαί-

μονα πρῶτον μακάρων; ὃς τάδʼ ἔχει,

θιασεύειν τε χοροῖς

μετά τʼ αὐλοῦ γελάσαι
380

ἀποπαῦσαί τε μερίμνας,

ὁπόταν βότρυος ἔλθῃ

γάνος ἐν δαιτὶ θεῶν, κισ-

σοφόροις δʼ ἐν θαλίαις ἀν-

δράσι κρατὴρ ὕπνον ἀμ-
385

φιβάλλῃ

Bacchae. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1913.

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Βάκχαι (Greek) (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. III. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1920-1978))

Translations (3)

The Bacchae Perseus (Euripides. The Tragedies of Euripides. Vol. I. Buckley, Theodore Alois, translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 370 focus

Chorus

Holiness, queen of the gods, Holiness, who bear your golden wings along the earth, do you hear these words from Pentheus? Do you hear his unholy
370

insolence against Bromius, the child of Semele, the first deity of the gods at the banquets where guests wear beautiful garlands? He holds this office, to join in dances,
375

to laugh with the flute, and to bring an end to cares, whenever the delight of the grape comes at the feasts of the gods, and in ivy-bearing banquets
380

the goblet sheds sleep over men.
385

The Bacchae (OCR draft) Experimental (The Bacchae. Robert Potter's English verse translation, first published in 1781–1783; text from the 1808 Oxford printing.)

No corresponding passage available

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1845; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 2, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1845. Harvard OCR compared with an independent BSB copy. Native Donner verse citations, Murray reference cards, explicitly located notes and page facsimiles. Unresolved OCR, verse divisions, unlocated notes and printed errata are documented in the source review.) — 370 focus

Unentweiht heilige Macht, Frömmigkeit, welche die Erd'

Auf Goldschwingen durchfliegt, horst du den Pentheus, horst

Du den unheiligen Hohn, den er dem Bromios beut,

Semele's Sohn, welcher am kranzreichen Gelag

Fröhlich voran unter dem Chor Himmlischer strahlt, der sie gelehrt,
335

Sich in Reihntanzen zu freun und der froh hallenden Flot',

Und die Trübsal zu beschwichtigen, wenn die luftathmende

Traube

An dem Mahl Götter erquickt, und der Pokal bei dem Gelag

Männer im Epheukranz in den Schlummer einwiegt?

Erste Gegenstrophe.

Euripides Bacchae 370

ed. Gilbert Murray

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