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Pentheus.

Thy body in my dungeon will I ward.

Dionysus.

The God's self shall release me, when I will.

Pentheus.

Ay—when mid Bacchanals thou call'st on him!^[1]

Dionysus.

Yea, he is now near, marking this despite. 500

Pentheus.

Ay, where?—not unto mine eyes manifest.

Dionysus.

Beside me. Thou, the impious, seest him not.

Pentheus.

Seize him! This fellow mocketh me and Thebes.

Dionysus.

I warn ye—bind not!—Reason's rede to folly.

Pentheus.

I bid them bind, who have better right than thou. 505

Dionysus.

Thou know'st thy life not, nor thy true self seest.^[2]

 

1. i.e. Never, as I do not intend that you shall escape to rejoin them.
2. Or (οὐδ᾽ ὃ δρᾷς, Reiske, followed by Paley), "Thy life, thy deeds, thyself, thou knowest not."