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  AGAVE

    From the hills I am bringing to my home a tendril

freshly´culled�察�glad guerdon´of the chase。

  CHORUS

    I see it�察�and I will welcome thee unto our revels。 All hail��

  AGAVE

    I caught him with never a snare�察�this lion's whelp�察�as ye may see。

  CHORUS

    From what desert lair��

  AGAVE

    Cithaeron´

  CHORUS

    Yes�察�Cithaeron��

  AGAVE

    Was his death。

  CHORUS

    Who was it gave the first blow��

  AGAVE

    Mine that privilege�察 �Happy Agave� ─�they call me 'mid our

revellers。

  CHORUS

    Who did the rest��

  AGAVE

    Cadmus´

  CHORUS

    What of him��

  AGAVE

    His daughters struck the monster after me�察�yes�察�after me。

  CHORUS

    Fortune smiled upon thy hunting here。

  AGAVE

    Come�察�share the banquet。

  CHORUS

    Share�拭�ah I what��

  AGAVE

    'Tis but a tender whelp�察�the down just sprouting on its cheek

beneath a crest of failing hair。

  CHORUS

    The hair is like some wild creature's。

  AGAVE

    The Bacchic god�察�a hunter skilled�察�roused his Maenads to pursue

this quarry skilfully。

  CHORUS

    Yea�察�our king is a hunter indeed。

  AGAVE

    Dost approve��

  CHORUS

    Of course I do。

  AGAVE

    Soon shall the race of Cadmus´

  CHORUS

    And Pentheus�察�her own son�察�shall to his mother´

  AGAVE

    Offer praise for this her quarry of the lion's brood。

  CHORUS

    Quarry strange��

  AGAVE

    And strangely caught。

  CHORUS

    Dost thou exult��

  AGAVE

    Right glad am I to have achieved a great and glorious triumph

for my land that all can see。

  CHORUS

    Alas for thee� �show to the folk the booty thou hast won and art

bringing hither。

  AGAVE

    All ye who dwell in fair fenced Thebes�察�draw near that ye may

see the fierce wild beast that we daughters of Cadmus made our prey��

not with the thong´thrown darts of Thessaly�察�nor yet with snares��

but with our fingers fair。 Ought men idly to boast and get them

armourers' weapons�拭�when we with these our hands have caught this prey

and torn the monster limb from limb�拭�Where is my aged sire�拭�let him

approach。 And where is Pentheus�察�my son�拭�Let him bring a ladder and

raise it against the house to nail up on the gables this lion's

head�察�my booty from the chase。



                            Enter CADMUS。



  CADMUS

    Follow me�察�servants to the palace´front�察�with your sad burden in

your arms�察�ay�察�follow�察�with the corpse of Pentheus�察�which after long

weary search I found�察�as ye see it�察�torn to pieces amid Cithaeron's

glens�察�and am bringing hither�察�no two pieces did I find together�察�as

they lay scattered through the trackless wood。 For I heard what

awful deeds one of my daughters had done�察�just as I entered the

city´walls with old Teiresias returning from the Bacchanals�察�so I

turned again unto the and bring from thence my son who was slain by

Maenads。 There I saw Autonoe�察�that bare Actaeon on a day to Aristaeus��

and Ino with her�察�still ranging the oak´groves in their unhappy

frenzy�察�but one told me that that Agave�察�was rushing wildly hither��

nor was it idly said�察�for there I see her�察�sight of woe��

  AGAVE

    Father�察�loudly mayst thou boast�察�that the daughters thou hast

begotten are far the best of mortal race�察�of one and all I speak��

though chiefly of myself�察�who left my shuttle at the loom for nobler

enterprise�察�even to hunt savage beasts with my hands�察�and in my arms I

bring my prize�察�as thou seest�察�that it may be nailed up on thy

palace´wall�察�take it�察�father�察�in thy had and proud of my hunting�察�call

thy friends to a banquet�察�for blest art thou�察�ah� �doubly blest in

these our gallant exploits。

  CADMUS

    O grief that has no bounds�察�too cruel for mortal eye� �'tis

murder ye have done with your hapless hands。 Fair is the victim thou

hast offered to the gods�察�inviting me and my Thebans to the feast

Ah�察�woe is me first for thy sorrows�察�then for mine。 What ruin the god��

the Bromian king�察�hath brought on us�察�just maybe�察�but too severe��

seeing he is our kinsman��

  AGAVE

    How peevish old age makes men� �what sullen looks� �Oh�察�may my son

follow in his mother's footsteps and be as lucky in his hunting��

when he goes quest of game in company with Theban youthsl But he can

do naught but wage war with gods。 Father�察�'tis thy duty to warn him。

Who will summon him hither to my sight to witness my happiness��

  CADMUS

    Alas for you� �alas� �Terrible will be your grief when ye are

conscious of your deeds�察�could ye re。 for ever till life's close in

your present state�察�ye would not�察�spite of ruined bliss�察�appear so

cursed with woe。

  AGAVE

    Why�拭�what is faulty bere�拭�what here for sorrow��

  CADMUS

    First let thine eye look up to heaven。

  AGAVE

   See� �I do so。 Why dost thou suggest my looking thereupon��

  CADMUS

    Is it still the same�察�or dost think there's any change��

  AGAVE

    'Tis brighter than it was�察�and dearer too。

  CADMUS

    Is there still that wild unrest within thy soul��

  AGAVE

    I know not what thou sayest now�察�yet methinks my brain is

clearing�察�and my former frenzy passed away。

  CADMUS

    Canst understand�察�and give distinct replies��


  AGAVE

    Father�察�how completely I forget all we said before��

  CADMUS

    To what house wert thou brought with marriage´hymns��

  AGAVE

    Thou didst give me to earthborn Echion�察�as men call him。

  CADMUS

    What child was born thy husband in his halls��

  AGAVE

    Pentheus�察�of my union with his father。

  CADMUS

    What head is that thou barest in thy arms��

  AGAVE

    A lion's�察�at least they said so�察�who hunted it。

  CADMUS

    Consider it aright�察�'tis no great task to look at it。

  AGAVE

    Ah� �what do I see�拭�what is this I am carrying in my hands��

  CADMUS

    Look closely at it�察�make thy knowledge more certain。

  AGAVE

    Ah�察�'woe is me� �O sight of awful sorrow��

  CADMUS

    Dost think it like a lion's head��

  AGAVE

    Ah no� �'tis Pentheus' head which I his unhappy mother hold。

  CADMUS

    Bemoaned by me�察�or ever thou didst recognize him。

  AGAVE

    Who slew him�拭�How came he into my hands��

  CADMUS

    O piteous truth� �how ill´timed thy presence here��

  AGAVE

    Speak�察�my bosom throbs at this suspense。

  CADMUS

    'Twas thou didst slay him�察�thou and thy sisters。

  AGAVE

    Where died he�拭�in the house or where��

  CADMUS

    On the very spot where hounds of yore rent Actaeon in pieces。

  AGAVE

    Why went he�察�wretched youth� �to Cithaeron��

  CADMUS

    He would go and mock the god and thy Bacchic rites。

  AGAVE

    But how was it we had journeyed thither��

  CADMUS

    Ye were distraught�察�the whole city had the Bacchic frenzy。

  AGAVE

    'Twas Dionysus proved our ruin�察�now I see it all。

  CADMUS

    Yes�察�for the slight he suffered�察�ye would not believe in his

godhead。

  AGAVE

    Father�察�where is my dear child's corpse��

  CADMUS

    With toil I searched it out and am bringing it myself。

  AGAVE

    Is it all fitted limb to limb in seemly wise��

  CADMUS ��*��



��* One line�察�or maybe more�察�is missing��



  AGAVE

    But what had Pentheus to do with folly of mine��

  CADMUS

    He was like you in refusing homage to the god�察�who�察�therefore��

hath involved you all in one common ruin�察�you and him alike�察�to

destroy this house and me�察�forasmuch as I�察�that had no sons�察�behold

this youth�察�the fruit of thy womb�察�unhappy mother� �foully and most

shamefully slain。 To thee�察�my child�察�our house looked up�察�to thee my

daughter's son�察�the stay of my palace�察�inspiring the city with awe��

none caring to flout the old king when he saw thee by�察�for he would

get his deserts。 But now shall I be cast out dishonoured from my

halls�察�Cadmus the great�察�who sowed the crop of Theban seed and

reaped that goodly harvest。 O beloved child� �dead though thou art��

thou still shalt be counted by me amongst my own dear children�察�no

more wilt thou lay thy hand upon my chin in fond embrace�察�my child��

and calling on thy mother's sire demand�察 �Who wrongs thee or

dishonours thee�察�old sire�拭�who vexes thy heart�察�a thorn within thy

side�拭�Speak�察�that I may punish thy oppressor�察�father mine� �

    But now am I in sorrow plunged�察�and woe is thee�察�and woe thy

mother and her suffering sisters too� �Ah� �if there be any man that

scorns the gods�察�let him well mark this prince's death and then

believe in them。

  CHORUS

    Cadmus�察�I am sorry for thy fate�察�for though thy daughter's child

hath met but his deserts�察�'tis bitter grief to thee。

  AGAVE

    O father�察�thou seest how sadly my fortune is changed。��*��



��* After this a very large lacuna occurs in the MS。��





  DIONYSUS

  Thou shalt be changed into a serpent�察�and thy wife Harmonia�察�Ares'

child�察�whom thou in thy human life didst wed�察�shall change her

nature for a snake's�察�and take its form。 With her shalt thou�察�as

leader of barbarian tribes�察�drive thy team of steers�察�so saith an

oracle of Zeus�察�and many a city shalt thou sack with an army

numberless�察�but in the day they plunder the oracle of Loxias�察�shall

they rue their homeward march�察�but thee and Harmonia will Ares rescue��

and set thee to live henceforth in the land of the blessed。 This do

I declare�察�I Dionysus�察�son of no mortal father but of Zeus。 Had ye

learnt wisdom when ye would not�察�ye would now be happy with the son of

Zeus for your ally。

  AGAVE

    O Dionysus� �we have sinned�察�thy pardon we implore。

  DIONYSUS

    Too late have ye learnt to know me�察�ye knew me not at the proper

time。

  AGAVE

    We recognize our error�察�but thou art too revengeful。

  DIONYSUS

    Yea�察�for I�察�though a god�察�was slighted by you。

  AGAVE

    Gods should not let their passion sink to man's level。

  DIONYSUS

    Long ago my father Zeus ordained it thus。

  AGAVE

    Alas� �my aged sire�察�our doom is fixed�察�'tis woful exile。

  DIONYSUS

    Why then d
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