Monologue

Cadmus Monologue from The Bacchae

From The Bacchae by Euripides

male · inspirational · 1:15 min

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True friend! I knew that voice of thine, that flows Like mellow wisdom from a fountain wise. And, lo, I come prepared, in all the guise And harness of this God. Are we not told His is the soul of that dead life of old That sprang from mine own daughter? Surely then Must thou and I with all the strength of men Exalt him. Where then shall I stand, where tread The dance and toss this bowed and hoary head? O friend, in thee is wisdom; guide my grey And eld-worn steps, eld-worn Teiresias.--Nay; I am not weak. [At the first movement of worship his manner begins to change; a mysterious strength and exaltation enter into him. Surely this arm could smite The wild earth with its thyrsus, day and night, And faint not! Sweetly and forgetfully The dim years fall from off me!

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Cadmus, an aging figure, expresses a newfound strength and determination to honor the god Dionysus, reflecting on his past and the wisdom he seeks from his friend Teiresias.

60 and up · joy · identity · power · redemption · wisdom

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