Truth is an unbearable thing. And its timing is bad.
Anne Carson and Euripides, Bakkhai [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
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green of the honeyed muse, green of the rough caress of ritual, green undaunted by reason or delirium, green of jealous joy, green of the secret holy violence of the thyrsos, green of the sacred iridescence of the dance
Anne Carson and Euripides, Bakkhai [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
He is a young god. Mythologically obscure, always just arriving at some new place to disrupt the status quo, wearing the start of a smile.
Anne Carson and Euripides, Bakkhai [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
It’s not about intellectual prowess, it’s not about true and false, it’s pure release. It’s your life night and day free of grief: Dionysos’ gift.
Anne Carson and Euripides, Bakkhai [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
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]
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.
Anne Carson and Euripides, Bakkhai [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
