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The Bacchae (1179-1216)

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Who struck him?
Agave
The honor is mine first.
I am called blessed Agave in the revels.
Chorus
Who else?
Agave
Kadmos’—
Chorus
Kadmos what?
Agave
His other offspring took hold of this beast after me, after me. This is a lucky catch!
Chorus
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Agave
Share in the feast then.
Chorus
What? I share in the feast, wretched woman?
Agave
The bull is young; his cheek is just growing downy under his soft-haired crest.
Chorus
Yes, his hair looks like a wild beasts.
Agave
Bacchus, a wise huntsman,
wisely set the Maenads against this beast.
Chorus
Our lord is a hunter.
Agave
Do you praise me?
Chorus
I praise you.
Agave
Soon the Kadmeans
Chorus
And your son Pentheus, too
Agave
Will praise his mother who has caught this lion-like prey.
Chorus
Extraordinary.
Agave
And extraordinarily caught.
Chorus
Are you proud?
Agave
I am delighted, for I have performed greatyes, greatand notable deeds on this hunt.
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Chorus Leader
Now show the citizens, wretched woman, the booty which you have brought in victory.
Agave
You who dwell in this fair-towered city of the Theban land, come to see this prey which we the daughters of Kadmos hunted down,
not with thonged Thessalian javelins, or with nets, but with the fingers of our white arms. And then should huntsmen boast and use in vain the work of spear-makers? But we caught and
tore apart the limbs of this beast with our very own hands. Where is my old father? Let him approach. And where is my son Pentheus? Let him take a ladder and raise its steps against the house so that he can fasten to the triglyphs this
lions head which I have captured and brought here.
Enter Kadmos and his servants, carrying the remains of Pentheus body
Kadmos
Follow me, carrying the miserable burden of Pentheus, follow me, slaves, before the house; exhausted from countless searches, I am bringing his body, for I discovered it in the folds of Kithairon,

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