id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 35173 Euripides The Bacchae of Euripides .txt text/plain 17307 2128 96 DIONYSUS, THE GOD; _son of Zeus and of the Theban princess Semelê_. AGÂVÊ, _daughter of Cadmus, mother of Pentheus_. Behold, God's Son is come unto this land Thou Mystery, we hail thee by thy name! Shall things of dust the Gods' dark ways despise? Thou hast brought us, of new Gods! Injurious King, hast thou no care for God, Lo, this new God, whom thou dost flout withal, Thou hast thy joy, when the Gate And peace to adore thee, thou Spirit of Guiding Fire! And comest thou first to Thebes, to have thy God Thou hast cast Him into thy prison-house! Thy tale shall nothing scathe thee.--Tell the whole. Thy Pentheus, born thee in Echîon's hall! Thou tearest thy prize, God! No; 'tis the head--O God!--of Pentheus, this! God sent on Pentheus; but for thee . The word of Zeus--thee and thy Queen shall take ./cache/35173.txt ./txt/35173.txt