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divine of youth. Both to rich and poor alike hath he granted the

delight of wine, that makes all pain to cease; hateful to him is every



one who careth not to live the life of bliss, that lasts through

days and nights of joy. True wisdom is to keep the heart and soul



aloof from over-subtle wits. That which the less enlightened crowd

approves and practises, will I accept.



Re-enter PENTHEUS. Enter SERVANT bringing DIONYSUS bound.

SERVANT



We are come, Pentheus, having hunted down this prey, for which

thou didst send us forth; not in vain hath been our quest. We found



our quarry tame; he did not fly from us, but yielded himself without a

struggle; his cheek ne'er blanched, nor did his ruddy colour change,



but with a smile he bade me bind and lead him away, and he waited,

making my task an easy one. For very shame I said to him, "Against



my will, sir stranger, do I lead thee hence, but Pentheus ordered

it, who sent me hither." As for his votaries whom thou thyself didst



check, seizing and binding them hand and foot in the public gaol,

all these have loosed their bonds and fled into the meadows where they



now are sporting, calling aloud on the Bromian god. Their chains

fell off their feet of their own accord, and doors flew open without



man's hand to help. Many a marvel hath this stranger brought with

him to our city of Thebes; what yet remains must be thy care.



PENTHEUS

Loose his hands; for now that I have him in the net he is scarce



swift enough to elude me. So, sir stranger, thou art not

ill-favoured from a woman's point of view, which was thy real object



in coming to Thebes; thy hair is long because thou hast never been a

wrestler, flowing right down thy cheeks most wantonly; thy skin is



white to help thee gain thy end, not tanned by ray of sun, but kept

within the shade, as thou goest in quest of love with beauty's bait.



Come, tell me first of thy race.

DIONYSUS



That needs no braggart's tongue, 'tis easily told; maybe thou

knowest Tmolus by hearsay.



PENTHEUS

I know it, the range that rings the city of Sardis round.



DIONYSUS

Thence I come, Lydia is my native home.



PENTHEUS

What makes thee bring these mysteries to Hellas?



DIONYSUS

Dionysus, the son of Zeus, initiated me.



PENTHEUS

Is there a Zeus in Lydia, who begets new gods?



DIONYSUS

No, but Zeus who married Semele in Hellas.



PENTHEUS

Was it by night or in the face of day that he constrained thee?



DIONYSUS

'Twas face to face he intrusted his mysteries to me.



PENTHEUS

Pray, what special feature stamps thy rites?



DIONYSUS

That is a secret to be hidden from the uninitiated.



PENTHEUS

What profit bring they to their votaries?



DIONYSUS

Thou must not be told, though 'tis well worth knowing.



PENTHEUS

A pretty piece of trickery, to excite my curiosity!



DIONYSUS

A man of godless life is an abomination to the rites of the god.



PENTHEUS

Thou sayest thou didst see the god clearly; what was he like?



DIONYSUS

What his fancy chose; I was not there to order this.



PENTHEUS

Another clever twist and turn of thine, without a word of answer.



DIONYSUS

He were a fool, methinks, who would utter wisdom to a fool.



PENTHEUS

Hast thou come hither first with this deity?



DIONYSUS

All foreigners already celebrate these mysteries with dances.



PENTHEUS




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