The Bacchae
The Bacchae
by Euripides

The Bacchae First Choral Lyric Summary

  • The Chorus sings of how terrible Pentheus's blasphemy is.
  • They point out that willful men like Pentheus often pay for their disrespect.
  • The ladies sing of all the lovely and blessed places throughout Greece.

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