We intend to dance for Dionysos, yes. It’s the right thing to do. You must be out of your mind to go to war with a god like this.

Anne Carson and Euripides, Bakkhai [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]

Hermetic quote Carson Euripides Bakkhai intend to dance for Dionysos right thing must be out of your mind go to war with a god

Consider also:

  1. “Dionysos: My eyes were wide open. He teaches the mysteries personally. Pentheus: What form do these mysteries take? Dionysos: That’s a secret. Not for the uninitiated. Pentheus: And for the initiated, do they do some good? Dionysos: You cannot know that. But it is worth knowing. “
  2. “That’s why I’ve changed to mortal form — how do I look? Convincingly human?”
  3. “We began to use parties as a means of organizing: Invite everyone you can think of and dance, in any configuration except old-school heterosexual couples, late into the night. Or maybe we were using organizing as an excuse for parties, because we weren’t just trying to end the war; we were also trying to start a new and freer and more generous way of life”