Monologue

Dionysus Monologue from The Bacchae

From The Bacchae by Euripides

male · dramatic · 1:20 min

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And tell of Time, what gifts for thee he bears, What griefs and wonders in the winding years. For thou must change and be a Serpent Thing Strange, and beside thee she whom thou didst bring Of old to be thy bride from Heaven afar, Harmonia, daughter of the Lord of War. Yea, and a chariot of kine--so spake The word of Zeus--thee and thy Queen shall take Through many lands, Lord of a wild array Of orient spears. And many towns shall they Destroy beneath thee, that vast horde, until They touch Apollo's dwelling, and fulfil Their doom, back driven on stormy ways and steep. Thee only and thy spouse shall Ares keep, And save alive to the Islands of the Blest. Thus speaketh Dionysus, Son confessed Of no man but of Zeus!--Ah, had ye seen Truth in the hour ye would not, all had been Well with ye, and the Child of God your friend!

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Dionysus reflects on the gifts and challenges of time, revealing his divine heritage and the tumultuous journey ahead, while addressing the consequences of human ignorance and the potential for redemption.

30s · anticipation · identity · power · fate · redemption

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