The Bacchae quotes Flashcards
fate and free will
“this city must learn it’s lesson well”
“I will catch them in iron nets”
“put a stop to this obscene revelry”
“the man is moving into the net”
role of the gods
“prove to him and all the Thebans that I am a god”
“we do not hold intellectual debates on the gods”
“you will pay, for your ignorance and irreverence to the god”
prophecy and prophets
“a fine orator whose ability is based on confidence is a bad citizen”
“do not be too sure that force dominates mankind”
“no logic shall overthrow the traditions”
religious rituals and rites - the women
“the joys of eating raw flesh”
“wild cubs of wolves”
“gave them white milk”
“women overcoming men!”
religious rituals and rites - benefits
“there is nothing healthy in the rites”
“puts an end to the pain of suffering humans”
“so sweet to forget that we are old!”
initiation
“made a phantom in the courtyard”
position of women in society
“far from their shuttles and looms”
“I will sacrifice a great slaughter of women”
“on this side the dress falls neatly to the heel”
“serve the lusts of men”
political ideas and ideals
“by cutting his head from his body”
“death by hanging”
“don’t wipe your stupidity off on me!”
importance of family relationships - Agave
“I caught him without traps”
“this young cub of a wild lion”
“my pitiable sisters with me into exile”
importance of family relationships - Pentheus’ death
“take pity on me mother”
“foaming at the mouth”
“possessed by the Bacchic god”
importance of family relationships - Cadmus
“are all his limbs joined decently together”
“murder is what your wretched hands have achieved”
“I have brought home my boy”
“I will have no rest from my suffering”
nature of heroes and heroism
“track down this effeminate foreigner”
“I seem to see two sons”
“certainly, you are a bull now!”
“should we take tools, crowbars?”
justice and revenge - Pentheus punishing others
“to be punished by stoning and so die”
“cahins on their legs snapped apart all by themselves”
justice and revenge - Chorus narrating
“end the crimes of this murderous man”
“can you see the stone lintels above the pillar flying apart?”
“I no longer cower in fear of chains!”
justice and revenge - Dionysus
“I am taking this young man to his great trial”
“fell to the ground with scream after scream”
“screaming as long as he still had breath”
“you punish too severely”
