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EURIPIDES.
Teiresias.
Thine heart is even as mine.
I too am young, I will essay the dance. 190
Kadmus.
Come, to the mountain fare we, chariot-borne.
Teiresias.
Nay, so were the God's honour minishèd!
Kadmus.
Age ushering age, I will escort thee on.
Teiresias.
We shall not tire; the God will lead us thither.
Kadmus.
Shall we alone of Thebes to Bacchus dance? 195
Teiresias.
Yea, we alone are wise; the rest be fools.
Kadmus.
Too long we linger. Come, grasp thou mine hand.
Teiresias.
Lo there: clasp close the interlinking hand.
Kadmus.
Not I contemn the Gods, I, mortal-born!
Teiresias.
'Tis not for us to reason touching Gods. 200
