Oh, yes! I imagine that like birds they are in the bushes held in the sweetest grips of love. Dionysus You have been sent as a guard against this very event. Perhaps you will catch them, if you yourself are not caught before. Pentheus Bring me through the midst of the Theban land. I am the only man of them who dares to perform this deed. Dionysus You alone bear the burden for this city, you alone. Therefore the labors which are proper await you.