THE BACCHANALS.
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Dionysus.
Thence am I: Lydia is my fatherland.
Pentheus.
Wherefore to Hellas bringest thou these rites? 465
Dionysus.
Dionysus, Zeus' son, made me initiate.
Pentheus.
Lives a Zeus there, who doth beget new gods?
Dionysus.
Nay, the same Zeus who wedded Semelê here.
Pentheus.
Dreaming or waking wast thou made his thrall?
Dionysus.
Nay, eye to eye his mysteries he bestowed. 470
Pentheus.
Ay, of what fashion be these mysteries?
Dionysus.
'Tis secret, save to the initiate.
Pentheus.
What profit bring they to his votaries?
Dionysus.
Thou mayst not hear: yet are they worth thy knowing.
